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Serious A46 crash in Warwick on 21 September 1997 at 16:55 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a car were involved in a crash on the A46 in Warwick at 16:55 on Sunday 21 September 1997. The 24-year-old male driver of the car was seriously 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
21 Sep 1997
Sunday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2562, longitude -1.62301, in the CV35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239701669
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1997239701669 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.