B5493 crash in North Warwickshire on 20 December 2020 at 15:30 involving a motorcycle
Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the B5493 in North Warwickshire at 15:30 on Sunday 20 December 2020. The 28-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 was 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
- 20 Dec 2020
- Sunday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66593, longitude -1.61494, in the B79 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020231018675
- Council area
- North Warwickshire
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5493
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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 24 November 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B5493 in North Warwickshire, 24 November 2016
1 m awayRef 2016230136503
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B5493 in North Warwickshire, 4 December 2025
1 m awayRef 2025231681851
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B5493 in North Warwickshire, 18 May 1995
4 m awayRef 1995239500758
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5493 in North Warwickshire, 16 February 1998
4 m awayRef 1998239800281
Fatal
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the B5493 in North Warwickshire, 12 November 2014
4 m awayRef 201423N026625
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5493 in North Warwickshire, 31 January 2005
7 m awayRef 2005230595180
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2020231018675 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 2020.