C road crash in North Warwickshire B78 on 16 October 2003 at 11:30 involving a MAN lorry
A MAN lorry crashed on a C road in North Warwickshire at 11:30 on Thursday 16 October 2003. The 39-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2003
- Thursday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- MAN
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58173, longitude -1.66347, in the B78 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003230397169
- Council area
- North Warwickshire
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (roof)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (MAN)
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 2003230397169 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Warwickshire road accident statistics for 2003.