Serious B4107 crash in Coventry on 20 December 1986 at 10:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4107 in Coventry at 10:35 on Saturday 20 December 1986. The 74-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 20 Dec 1986; Saturday, 10:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000M3893
Council area: Coventry
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4107
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
74 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
58 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19862000M3893 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 1986.