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B4029 crash in Nuneaton and Bedworth on 1 December 1997 at 12:00 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B4029 in Nuneaton and Bedworth at 12:00 on Monday 1 December 1997. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 1997
Monday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47862, longitude -1.46225, in the CV12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedworth.

Map of where the crash happened in Nuneaton and Bedworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239702298
Council area
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4029
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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 5 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    14,620 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1997239702298 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nuneaton and Bedworth road accident statistics for 1997.