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Serious A46 crash in Warwick on 9 May 1997 at 14:50 involving an Austin Morris Princess

An Austin Morris Princess crashed on the A46 in Warwick at 14:50 on Friday 9 May 1997. The male driver was seriously injured and a 39-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 May 1997
Friday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Austin Morris Princess
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37409, longitude -1.50744, in the CV3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239700762
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Princess

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Princess)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Princess)

    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 1997239700762 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warwick road accident statistics for 1997.