Unclassified road crash in North Warwickshire B78 on 24 June 2018 at 15:55 involving a Volkswagen Beetle
A Volkswagen Beetle, a Renault Clio and a Nissan Juke were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Warwickshire at 15:55 on Sunday 24 June 2018. The 38-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Beetle and the 42-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jun 2018
- Sunday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Beetle and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61973, longitude -1.61488, in the B78 postcode district and within the built-up area of Polesworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Polesworth East, North Warwickshire, B78 1EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018230308679
- Council area
- North Warwickshire
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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 slight injury crash on 7 September 2007.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in North Warwickshire, 7 September 2007
8 m awayRef 2007230796568
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in North Warwickshire, 26 March 1995
8 m awayRef 1995239500480
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on a C road in North Warwickshire, 5 May 2004
8 m awayRef 2004230495888
Slight
Ford crash on an unclassified road in North Warwickshire, 6 August 1991
8 m awayRef 1991239101276
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Warwickshire, 7 December 1995
12 m awayRef 1995239502063
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Warwickshire, 16 May 1995
12 m awayRef 1995239500744
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2018230308679 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.