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Serious A4053 crash in Coventry on 8 August 1980 at 23:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A4053 in Coventry at 23:20 on Friday 8 August 1980. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Aug 1980
Friday, 23:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40437, longitude -1.50313, in the CV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000M1856
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4053
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19802000M1856 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 1980.