M40 crash in Warwick on 11 March 2019 at 14:44 involving a Peugeot 407
Four vehicles, including a Peugeot 407 and a MAN lorry, were involved in a crash on the M40 in Warwick at 14:44 on Monday 11 March 2019. The 54-year-old male driver of the MAN lorry and the 33-year-old male driver of the lorry 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
- 11 Mar 2019
- Monday, 14:44
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot 407 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24394, longitude -1.56186, in the CV33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Warwick
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019230826557
- Council area
- Warwick
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 40
- 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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2010.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M40 in Warwick, 10 May 2010
29 m awayRef 2010231090487
Serious
Leyland DAF FT 85 crash on the M40 in Warwick, 13 April 1999
39 m awayRef 1999239900653
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M40 in Warwick, 27 December 2003
68 m awayRef 2003230392137
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the M40 in Warwick, 31 January 2020
101 m awayRef 2020230927612
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M40 in Warwick, 25 July 2005
128 m awayRef 2005230591048
Slight
Car crash on the M40 in Warwick, 1 January 2015
128 m awayRef 201523M400017
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 407
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,518 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (MAN)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 3 (Lorry)
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 2019230826557 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warwick road accident statistics for 2019.