Serious A4170 crash in Coventry on 22 December 1986 at 18:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4170 in Coventry at 18:50 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 17-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 18:50
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000M3915
Council area: Coventry
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4170
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: Unclassified

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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
50 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 17, 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 19862000M3915 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.