Three seriously injured in five-vehicle crash on A5 near Rugby - The Rugby Observer

Three seriously injured in five-vehicle crash on A5 near Rugby

THREE people were seriously injured in a five-vehicle crash on the A5 Watling Road, near the village of Watford.

At around 2.20pm on Friday (September 29), a grey Alfa Romeo Guilia travelling northbound towards Rugby collided with a black Audi travelling in the opposite direction towards Weedon.

Following the impact, the Alfa Romeo collided with an oncoming blue Ford Mondeo, and the Audi collided with a grey Skoda Superb which was travelling in the opposite direction. This caused the Skoda to collide with a white Nissan Interstar van.

The driver of the Alfa Romeo, a man in his 60s from Derbyshire, sustained serious injuries along with his passenger, a woman in her 20s. Both were taken to University Hospital Coventry.




The driver of the Ford Mondeo, a man in his 50s from Northamptonshire, was also taken to University Hospital Coventry with serious injuries.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to email [email protected] or call the Drivewatch Hotline on 0800 174615, or Northamptonshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 23000606155.


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