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A426 crash in Rugby on 23 September 2003 at 15:30 involving a BMW 3 Series

Five vehicles, including a BMW 3 Series and a Renault 11, were involved in a crash on the A426 in Rugby at 15:30 on Tuesday 23 September 2003. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 2003
Tuesday, 15:30
Vehicles
5
BMW 3 Series and 4 others
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36292, longitude -1.26701, in the CV22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rokeby and Overslade, Rugby, CV22 6DT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rugby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003230396993
Council area
Rugby
Police force
Warwickshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 11

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 3: Daewoo Lanos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,349 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 4: Volvo S40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 11)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volvo S40)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volvo S40)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volvo S40)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2003230396993 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 2003.