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A4177 crash in Warwick on 12 August 1997 at 07:45 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A car and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A4177 in Warwick at 07:45 on Tuesday 12 August 1997. The 38-year-old male driver of the car and the 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2906, longitude -1.61202, in the CV35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239701383
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4177
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 slight injury crash on 6 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 1997239701383 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.