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Fatal C road crash in Warwick CV32 on 5 September 2010 at 12:25 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on a C road in Warwick at 12:25 on Sunday 5 September 2010. The 95-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and an 89-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were killed and the 35-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Sep 2010
Sunday, 12:25
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Ford Focus
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32203, longitude -1.53839, in the CV32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leamington Lillington, Warwick, CV32 6QS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010231090945
Council area
Warwick
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    95 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 95, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    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 2010231090945 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 2010.