M40 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 25 October 2022 at 09:22 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the M40 in Stratford-on-Avon at 09:22 on Tuesday 25 October 2022. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta 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
- 25 Oct 2022
- Tuesday, 09:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Scania
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21264, longitude -1.49034, in the CV33 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022231237281
- Council area
- Stratford-on-Avon
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 1997.
Slight
Car crash on the M40 in Stratford-on-Avon, 11 March 1997
At the same spotRef 1997239700407
Serious
Scania crash on the M40 in Stratford-on-Avon, 4 November 2025
35 m awayRef 2025231663759
Slight
Renault crash on the M40 in Stratford-on-Avon, 29 November 2002
36 m awayRef 2002230292159
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the M40 in Stratford-on-Avon, 13 March 2000
40 m awayRef 2000230000452
Serious
Mercedes crash on the M40 in Stratford-on-Avon, 27 November 2010
76 m awayRef 2010231091281
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M40 in Stratford-on-Avon, 18 June 2021
82 m awayRef 2021231057227
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,742 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022231237281 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 2022.