Serious A452 crash in Warwick on 27 March 2017 at 10:30 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a car were involved in a crash on the A452 in Warwick at 10:30 on Monday 27 March 2017. The 85-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and the 78-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Mar 2017
- Monday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29337, longitude -1.53992, in the CV32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Leamington Spa. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leamington Clarendon, Warwick, CV32 4NL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warwick
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017230169208
- Council area
- Warwick
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 452
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2015.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A452 in Warwick, 13 January 2015
2 m awayRef 201523S010035
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A452 in Warwick, 26 March 2022
4 m awayRef 2022231161428
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the A452 in Warwick, 30 August 2014
4 m awayRef 201423S010980
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A452 in Warwick, 5 December 2011
8 m awayRef 2011231191294
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A452 in Warwick, 2 June 2008
8 m awayRef 2008230890716
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A452 in Warwick, 31 December 1992
16 m awayRef 1992239202243
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,698 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 85 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A6)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2017230169208 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warwick road accident statistics for 2017.