A5 crash in North Warwickshire on 1 March 2018 at 05:49 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire at 05:49 on Thursday 1 March 2018. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on an icy dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 2018
- Thursday, 05:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Hilux and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60075, longitude -1.62623, in the B78 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dordon, North Warwickshire, B78 1TE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018230274607
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 January 2023.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 18 January 2023
4 m awayRef 2023231265189
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 25 May 2012
17 m awayRef 2012232561612
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 24 June 2015
21 m awayRef 201523N025898
Slight
Mercedes Eqa Class crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 18 January 2025
24 m awayRef 2025231595481
Slight
Audi Q4 crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 19 July 2025
24 m awayRef 2025231640032
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5 in North Warwickshire, 22 May 2014
25 m awayRef 201423N025728
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,982 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2018230274607 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 2018.