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M40 crash in Warwick on 20 October 1997 at 01:35 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry and a Talbot Express van were involved in a crash on the M40 in Warwick at 01:35 on Monday 20 October 1997. The 52-year-old male driver of the Talbot Express van and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Talbot Express van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Oct 1997
Monday, 01:35
Vehicles
2
Scania and Talbot Express
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24584, longitude -1.56525, in the CV33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239701868
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
40
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, no street lighting
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 2 February 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Talbot Express

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Talbot Express)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Talbot Express)

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 1997239701868 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.