A435 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 26 August 2015 at 11:20 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon at 11:20 on Wednesday 26 August 2015. The 61-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2015
- Wednesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29694, longitude -1.87985, in the B80 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Matchborough & Woodrow, Redditch, B98 0AY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stratford-on-Avon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201523S010871
- Council area
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 435
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 May 2025.
Serious
Kia Picanto crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 29 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025231599549
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 3 May 1999
2 m awayRef 1999239900780
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 24 October 2018
35 m awayRef 2018230338978
Fatal
Seat Toledo crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 4 February 2005
38 m awayRef 2005230590192
Slight
Car crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 4 July 1988
43 m awayRef 1988238801237
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 12 October 1990
43 m awayRef 1990239001996
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- 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
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
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 201523S010871 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 2015.