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A5 crash in North Warwickshire on 17 June 1998 at 08:30 involving a Ford Transit

A Ford Transit and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire at 08:30 on Wednesday 17 June 1998. A male passenger in the Ford Transit and the 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jun 1998
Wednesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59943, longitude -1.62067, in the B78 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998239801012
Council area
North Warwickshire
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 1998239801012 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.