A5 crash in North Warwickshire on 25 October 2013 at 23:20 involving a Land Rover Range Rover
A Land Rover Range Rover, a Citroen C5 and a car were involved in a crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire at 23:20 on Friday 25 October 2013. The 54-year-old female driver of the Citroen C5 and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C5 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2013
- Friday, 23:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Range Rover and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59886, longitude -1.6192, in the B78 postcode district and within the built-up area of Polesworth and Dordon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dordon, North Warwickshire, B78 1TE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013232642513
- 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
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, street lights lit
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2010.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 13 November 2010
At the same spotRef 2010231096546
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 21 August 2009
10 m awayRef 2009230996182
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 6 July 2012
11 m awayRef 2012232584412
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 24 March 1979
14 m awayRef 1979230000406
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 3 October 2002
22 m awayRef 2002230297115
Slight
BMW R Series crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 23 August 2021
29 m awayRef 2021231084087
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover
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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,628 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C5)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C5)
- 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 2013232642513 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 2013.