A452 crash in Warwick on 18 January 2012 at 18:24 involving a Renault Clio
Six vehicles, including a Renault Clio and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on the A452 in Warwick at 18:24 on Wednesday 18 January 2012. The 29-year-old female driver of the Mazda 6 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2012
- Wednesday, 18:24
- Vehicles
- 6
- Renault Clio and 5 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2762, longitude -1.55354, in the CV34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Warwick Myton & Heathcote, Warwick, CV34 6TS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warwick
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012231005512
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2008.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A452 in Warwick, 21 January 2008
18 m awayRef 2008230890089
Fatal
Scania crash on the A452 in Warwick, 13 October 2008
49 m awayRef 2008230891313
Serious
Audi S3 crash on the A452 in Warwick, 13 June 2010
49 m awayRef 2010231090601
Slight
Jaguar F-Pace crash on the A452 in Warwick, 23 August 2024
49 m awayRef 2024231549696
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A452 in Warwick, 7 December 2000
62 m awayRef 2000230002143
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A452 in Warwick, 10 December 2000
62 m awayRef 2000230002156
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,183 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 5: Volkswagen Scirocco
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 6: Kawasaki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 652 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Mazda 6)
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 2012231005512 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 2012.