B4642 crash in Rugby on 12 December 2019 at 15:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the B4642 in Rugby at 15:15 on Thursday 12 December 2019. The 24-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 25-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 208 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2019
- Thursday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Peugeot 208
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35534, longitude -1.3077, in the CV22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rugby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019230910166
- Council area
- Rugby
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4642
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2003.
Slight
Honda crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 3 August 2003
5 m awayRef 2003230396620
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 19 February 1995
26 m awayRef 1995239500276
Serious
Peugeot 309 crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 16 April 1997
53 m awayRef 1997239700613
Slight
Car crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 18 May 1981
72 m awayRef 1981238100735
Serious
Car crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 6 December 1980
72 m awayRef 1980238002082
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 25 May 1995
107 m awayRef 1995239500789
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2019230910166 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 2019.