B4111 crash in North Warwickshire on 8 May 1997 at 16:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B4111 in North Warwickshire at 16:45 on Thursday 8 May 1997. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 51-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 1997
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57042, longitude -1.52634, in the CV9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mancetter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997239700753
- Council area
- North Warwickshire
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4111
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2018.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4111 in North Warwickshire, 16 November 2018
18 m awayRef 2018230345964
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Warwickshire, 11 February 1986
40 m awayRef 1986238600195
Slight
Van crash on the B4111 in North Warwickshire, 30 May 1988
40 m awayRef 1988238800905
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 18 April 1987
40 m awayRef 1987238700470
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4111 in North Warwickshire, 27 February 1980
40 m awayRef 1980238000258
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 18 January 1988
40 m awayRef 1988238800049
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1997239700753 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Warwickshire road accident statistics for 1997.