A45 crash in Rugby on 1 October 2000 at 18:45 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A45 in Rugby at 18:45 on Sunday 1 October 2000. The 41-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle and a 37-year-old female passenger on the Honda motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2000
- Sunday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Honda
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33026, longitude -1.27738, in the CV23 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000230001676
- Council area
- Rugby
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Dual 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, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 December 2003.
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the A45 in Rugby, 16 December 2003
20 m awayRef 2003230397651
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A45 in Rugby, 11 June 1998
22 m awayRef 1998239800963
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A45 in Rugby, 17 February 1999
22 m awayRef 1999239900314
Slight
Alfa Romeo Spider crash on the A45 in Rugby, 31 March 2001
22 m awayRef 2001230100522
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in Rugby, 26 March 1989
41 m awayRef 1989238900435
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in Rugby, 29 October 1983
41 m awayRef 1983238301587
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 901 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
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 2000230001676 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 2000.