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Fatal A425 crash in Warwick on 24 December 1998 at 17:55 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the A425 in Warwick at 17:55 on Thursday 24 December 1998. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was killed and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Renault 19 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Dec 1998
Thursday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Renault 19
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27602, longitude -1.49094, in the CV31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998239802279
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
425
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

    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 1998239802279 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 1998.