Serious unclassified road crash in Nuneaton and Bedworth CV12 on 30 June 2002 at 19:26 involving a Vauxhall Combo van
A Vauxhall Combo van and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Nuneaton and Bedworth at 19:26 on Sunday 30 June 2002. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo van was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jun 2002
- Sunday, 19:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Scania
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47857, longitude -1.47594, in the CV12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Slough, Nuneaton and Bedworth, CV12 8EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Nuneaton and Bedworth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002230296378
- Council area
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Scania
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
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 2002230296378 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nuneaton and Bedworth road accident statistics for 2002.