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A426 crash in Rugby on 3 May 1997 at 13:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a BMW R 1100 RS motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A426 in Rugby at 13:00 on Saturday 3 May 1997. The 54-year-old male rider of the BMW R 1100 RS motorcycle and a 53-year-old female passenger on the BMW R 1100 RS motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 May 1997
Saturday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and BMW R 1100 RS
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39476, longitude -1.24929, in the CV23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rugby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239700726
Council area
Rugby
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW R 1100 RS

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,085 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BMW R 1100 RS)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BMW R 1100 RS)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1997239700726 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 1997.