Serious B4109 crash in Rugby on 14 December 2000 at 23:55 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX, a Vauxhall Nova and a car were involved in a crash on the B4109 in Rugby at 23:55 on Thursday 14 December 2000. The 26-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX and the 36-year-old male driver of the car were seriously injured and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Citroen ZX was slightly 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
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Dec 2000
- Thursday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen ZX and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5049, longitude -1.36498, in the LE10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000230002169
- Council area
- Rugby
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4109
- 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, 20 metres away, was a fatal crash on 14 February 2010.
Fatal
Peugeot 306 crash on the B4109 in Rugby, 14 February 2010
20 m awayRef 2010231095231
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4109 in Rugby, 1 March 1993
41 m awayRef 1993239300322
Slight
Car crash on the B4109 in Rugby, 25 June 1989
60 m awayRef 1989238900984
Serious
Ducati crash on the B4109 in Rugby, 6 May 2000
250 m awayRef 2000230000774
Slight
Kawasaki ZX crash on the B4109 in Rugby, 5 June 2021
253 m awayRef 2021231053017
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4109 in Rugby, 8 February 2002
260 m awayRef 2002230295244
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2000230002169 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.