A5 crash in North Warwickshire on 8 April 2017 at 17:40 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire at 17:40 on Saturday 8 April 2017. The 54-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva and the 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Meriva and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60125, longitude -1.62912, in the B78 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017230171965
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 January 1996.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 27 January 1996
8 m awayRef 1996239600154
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 20 August 2021
35 m awayRef 2021231122115
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 21 July 1991
50 m awayRef 1991239101424
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 5 March 2010
60 m awayRef 2010231095321
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 15 September 2021
68 m awayRef 2021231087975
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 1 July 2010
69 m awayRef 2010231095862
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2017230171965 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 2017.