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A452 crash in Warwick on 31 December 2008 at 19:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A452 in Warwick at 19:00 on Wednesday 31 December 2008. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 33-year-old male driver of the Mini Cooper and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2008
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Mini Cooper
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24037, longitude -1.55417, in the CV33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishop's Tachbrook, Warwick, CV33 9FR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008230891683
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
452
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 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
Motorway
Second road number
40

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2008230891683 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warwick road accident statistics for 2008.