B4453 crash in Rugby on 31 January 2022 at 08:14 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and an Audi Q2 were involved in a crash on the B4453 in Rugby at 08:14 on Monday 31 January 2022. The 54-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class and the 23-year-old male driver of the Audi Q2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2022
- Monday, 08:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Audi Q2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34385, longitude -1.3431, in the CV23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunsmore, Rugby, CV23 9HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rugby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022231232467
- 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
- 4453
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 4071
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2017.
Slight
MG 3 crash on the B4453 in Rugby, 9 March 2017
3 m awayRef 2017230166445
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B4453 in Rugby, 15 September 2018
3 m awayRef 2018230327852
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 29 September 2023
4 m awayRef 2023231358534
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4453 in Rugby, 11 November 2010
5 m awayRef 2010231096526
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 17 November 2008
5 m awayRef 2008230896922
Slight
Kia Sorento crash on the B4453 in Rugby, 18 November 2022
6 m awayRef 2022231245682
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q2
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q2)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022231232467 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 2022.