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Serious C road crash in North Warwickshire B78 on 2 June 1998 at 16:45 involving an Iveco-Ford van

An Iveco-Ford van and a Daewoo Espero were involved in a crash on a C road in North Warwickshire at 16:45 on Tuesday 2 June 1998. A female passenger in the Daewoo Espero was seriously injured and the 61-year-old male driver of the Daewoo Espero and a male passenger in the Iveco-Ford van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jun 1998
Tuesday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Daewoo Espero
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57199, longitude -1.67166, in the B78 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998239800905
Council area
North Warwickshire
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Espero

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Espero)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Espero)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

    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 1998239800905 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 1998.