B4114 crash in North Warwickshire on 4 October 2012 at 10:40 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B4114 in North Warwickshire at 10:40 on Thursday 4 October 2012. The 56-year-old male driver of the Mercedes lorry and the 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2012
- Thursday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51956, longitude -1.63483, in the B46 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arley and Whitacre, North Warwickshire, B46 2LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012232631212
- Council area
- North Warwickshire
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4114
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4116
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a fatal crash on 8 October 2014.
Fatal
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B4089 in North Warwickshire, 8 October 2014
1 m awayRef 201423N026416
Serious
Peugeot Boxer crash on the B4116 in North Warwickshire, 12 January 2017
2 m awayRef 2017230153220
Slight
Honda HR-V crash on the B4116 in North Warwickshire, 21 July 2014
2 m awayRef 201423N026061
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the B4114 in North Warwickshire, 29 September 2021
2 m awayRef 2021231094931
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4116 in North Warwickshire, 25 August 2012
3 m awayRef 2012232610012
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4114 in North Warwickshire, 18 April 2013
3 m awayRef 2013232547013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2012232631212 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 2012.