A435 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 15 November 2016 at 18:40 involving a Volkswagen Touran
A Volkswagen Touran and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon at 18:40 on Tuesday 15 November 2016. The 84-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Touran, the 68-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 77-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Touran were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2016
- Tuesday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Touran and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23469, longitude -1.88173, in the B49 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016230131105
- 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
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2004.
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 7 October 2004
51 m awayRef 2004230491558
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 15 October 2024
70 m awayRef 2024231507360
Slight
Renault Captur crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 16 January 2024
81 m awayRef 2024231401098
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 7 August 1993
85 m awayRef 1993239301339
Serious
Car crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 13 June 1979
124 m awayRef 1979230000891
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon, 27 December 2025
138 m awayRef 2025231689566
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016230131105 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 2016.