A4023 crash in Coventry on 24 December 1979 at 05:20 involving a van

A van crashed on the A4023 in Coventry at 05:20 on Monday 24 December 1979. A 25-year-old female passenger and the 38-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1979; Monday, 05:20
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197920LOFEC20
Council area: Coventry
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4023
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 50 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 197920LOFEC20 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Coventry road accident statistics for 1979.