B4029 crash in Nuneaton and Bedworth on 7 June 1997 at 19:30 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a Volkswagen van were involved in a crash on the B4029 in Nuneaton and Bedworth at 19:30 on Saturday 7 June 1997. The 35-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jun 1997
- Saturday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and Volkswagen
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47769, longitude -1.43546, in the CV12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bulkington.
Map of where the crash happened in Nuneaton and Bedworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997239700960
- Council area
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4029
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 1993.
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the B4029 in Nuneaton and Bedworth, 13 October 1993
41 m awayRef 1993239301731
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4029 in Nuneaton and Bedworth, 10 April 1980
41 m awayRef 1980238000532
Slight
Lorry crash on the B4029 in Nuneaton and Bedworth, 30 May 1997
60 m awayRef 1997239700918
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4029 in Nuneaton and Bedworth, 25 December 1984
61 m awayRef 1984238401922
Serious
Car crash on the B4029 in Nuneaton and Bedworth, 26 July 1985
61 m awayRef 1985238500951
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B4029 in Nuneaton and Bedworth, 28 May 2021
63 m awayRef 2021231052045
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
- 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 1997239700960 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nuneaton and Bedworth road accident statistics for 1997.