B4451 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 23 January 2001 at 08:30 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B4451 in Stratford-on-Avon at 08:30 on Tuesday 23 January 2001. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2001
- Tuesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda MX-5 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24741, longitude -1.39782, in the CV47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southam. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southam West, Stratford-on-Avon, CV47 0JL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stratford-on-Avon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001230100131
- Council area
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4451
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2019.
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the B4451 in Stratford-on-Avon, 19 November 2019
6 m awayRef 2019230904347
Slight
Car crash on the B4451 in Stratford-on-Avon, 12 August 2022
7 m awayRef 2022231209887
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4451 in Stratford-on-Avon, 22 October 2018
10 m awayRef 2018230338456
Slight
Car crash on the B4451 in Stratford-on-Avon, 26 July 1984
10 m awayRef 1984238401039
Slight
Car crash on the B4451 in Stratford-on-Avon, 31 December 1983
10 m awayRef 1983238302032
Serious
Kawasaki KMX125 crash on the B4451 in Stratford-on-Avon, 10 February 1990
10 m awayRef 1990239000370
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2001230100131 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 2001.