A428 crash in Rugby on 15 December 2000 at 08:35 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry
Four vehicles, including a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry and a Citroen AX, were involved in a crash on the A428 in Rugby at 08:35 on Friday 15 December 2000. The 25-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX, the 24-year-old female driver of the car and the 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2000
- Friday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Leyland DAF FA 45 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35548, longitude -1.18799, in the CV23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rugby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000230002193
- Council area
- Rugby
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 428
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1993.
Slight
Citroen Gsa crash on the A428 in Rugby, 2 September 1993
At the same spotRef 1993239301472
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A428 in Rugby, 13 November 2006
10 m awayRef 2006230696977
Serious
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on the A428 in Rugby, 31 May 2009
10 m awayRef 2009230995761
Slight
Kia Carens crash on the A428 in Rugby, 2 September 2006
20 m awayRef 2006230696500
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A428 in Rugby, 20 August 2010
22 m awayRef 2010231096106
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A428 in Rugby, 4 June 2025
26 m awayRef 2025231598850
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2000230002193 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.