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M6 crash in North Warwickshire on 5 July 1997 at 00:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A car and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the M6 in North Warwickshire at 00:10 on Saturday 5 July 1997. The 32-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jul 1997
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49466, longitude -1.73645, in the B36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239701155
Council area
North Warwickshire
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1997239701155 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.