M42 crash in North Warwickshire on 13 October 2017 at 16:00 involving a Citroen DS3
A Citroen DS3 and a taxi were involved in a crash on the M42 in North Warwickshire at 16:00 on Friday 13 October 2017. The 36-year-old male driver of the taxi was 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
- 13 Oct 2017
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen DS3 and taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56695, longitude -1.69741, in the B76 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsbury, North Warwickshire, B78 2HP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017230230134
- Council area
- North Warwickshire
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 42
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 1991.
Slight
Lambretta crash on the M42 in North Warwickshire, 22 August 1991
12 m awayRef 1991239101365
Serious
BMW M3 crash on the M42 in North Warwickshire, 22 July 2022
17 m awayRef 2022231204429
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M42 in North Warwickshire, 13 June 2024
18 m awayRef 2024231516659
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the M42 in North Warwickshire, 11 March 1999
24 m awayRef 1999239900459
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the M42 in North Warwickshire, 2 May 2025
77 m awayRef 2025231590228
Serious
MAN crash on the M42 in North Warwickshire, 28 April 2022
94 m awayRef 2022231172121
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
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 2017230230134 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.