A4114 crash in Coventry on 24 December 1986 at 20:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4114 in Coventry at 20:55 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. The 46-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 20:55
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000M3936
Council area: Coventry
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4114
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 45

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to turn left
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
46 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19862000M3936 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.