A5 crash in Rugby on 10 October 2018 at 18:16 involving a Vauxhall Adam
A Vauxhall Adam, a Ford Galaxy and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A5 in Rugby at 18:16 on Wednesday 10 October 2018. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Adam and the 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 2018
- Wednesday, 18:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Adam and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38582, longitude -1.19335, in the CV23 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rugby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018230335303
- Council area
- Rugby
- 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
- Single 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
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2016.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A5 in Rugby, 25 June 2016
1 m awayRef 2016230088318
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A5 in Rugby, 14 April 2014
1 m awayRef 201423N035524
Slight
Renault Master crash on the A5 in Rugby, 6 January 2014
4 m awayRef 2014233501514
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A5 in Rugby, 28 December 1995
6 m awayRef 1995239502196
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A5 in Rugby, 15 March 1998
6 m awayRef 1998239800436
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A5 in Rugby, 22 April 2011
9 m awayRef 2011231195541
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Adam
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 15,607 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Adam)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018230335303 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 2018.