A426 crash in Rugby on 21 November 2012 at 08:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the A426 in Rugby at 08:00 on Wednesday 21 November 2012. The 25-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf, a male passenger in the Volvo V70 and a female passenger in the Volvo V70 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2012
- Wednesday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34421, longitude -1.28326, in the CV22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunchurch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunsmore, Rugby, CV22 6PJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rugby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012233642612
- Council area
- Rugby
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 426
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 May 2020.
Serious
Car crash on the A426 in Rugby, 12 May 2020
3 m awayRef 2020230952665
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the A426 in Rugby, 10 August 2024
4 m awayRef 2024231480429
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the A426 in Rugby, 23 July 1993
4 m awayRef 1993239301231
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A426 in Rugby, 23 April 2009
6 m awayRef 2009230995523
Serious
Aprilia crash on the A426 in Rugby, 1 November 2002
6 m awayRef 2002230297376
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A426 in Rugby, 3 June 1999
6 m awayRef 1999239900957
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2012233642612 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 2012.