A446 crash in North Warwickshire on 4 November 2012 at 01:30 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Mercedes Vito were involved in a crash on the A446 in North Warwickshire at 01:30 on Sunday 4 November 2012. The 55-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2012
- Sunday, 01:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Mercedes Vito
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51836, longitude -1.72311, in the B46 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Water Orton, North Warwickshire, B46 1NU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012232646712
- Council area
- North Warwickshire
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 446
- 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
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2003.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A446 in North Warwickshire, 29 October 2003
45 m awayRef 2003230397317
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A446 in North Warwickshire, 27 October 1991
49 m awayRef 1991239101677
Slight
Car crash on the A446 in North Warwickshire, 4 October 2005
67 m awayRef 2005230596779
Serious
Lorry crash on the A446 in North Warwickshire, 22 February 1989
86 m awayRef 1989238900212
Slight
Lorry crash on the A446 in North Warwickshire, 3 February 1984
86 m awayRef 1984238400185
Serious
Car crash on the A446 in North Warwickshire, 14 February 1981
86 m awayRef 1981238100228
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Vito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Vito)
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 2012232646712 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.