Serious A46 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 27 December 2002 at 18:47 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Skoda Favorit and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A46 in Stratford-on-Avon at 18:47 on Friday 27 December 2002. The 50-year-old male driver of the Skoda Favorit was seriously injured and the 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Dec 2002
- Friday, 18:47
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2021, longitude -1.79116, in the B49 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002230292340
- Council area
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 August 1998.
Serious
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A46 in Stratford-on-Avon, 8 August 1998
At the same spotRef 1998239801345
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A46 in Stratford-on-Avon, 29 October 1998
At the same spotRef 1998239801864
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A46 in Stratford-on-Avon, 7 October 1999
At the same spotRef 1999239901718
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A46 in Stratford-on-Avon, 6 January 2000
At the same spotRef 2000230000021
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A46 in Stratford-on-Avon, 12 August 2006
At the same spotRef 2006230691080
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A46 in Stratford-on-Avon, 22 June 2023
2 m awayRef 2023231323107
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Favorit
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,289 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Favorit)
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 2002230292340 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 2002.