A445 crash in Warwick on 17 June 1997 at 08:05 involving an Austin Maestro
An Austin Maestro and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A445 in Warwick at 08:05 on Tuesday 17 June 1997. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 1997
- Tuesday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Maestro and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28871, longitude -1.56175, in the CV34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warwick.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997239701014
- Council area
- Warwick
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 445
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 January 2005.
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A445 in Warwick, 12 January 2005
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Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A445 in Warwick, 21 May 1993
At the same spotRef 1993239300788
Serious
BMW M3 crash on the A445 in Warwick, 23 August 2018
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Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A445 in Warwick, 27 December 2013
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Slight
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Slight
Suzuki GZ 125 crash on the A445 in Warwick, 12 June 2017
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 1997239701014 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.