A4170 crash in Coventry on 22 December 1986 at 12:30 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A4170 in Coventry at 12:30 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 42-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 12:30
Vehicles: 2; Van and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000M3959
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: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
49 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
42 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 42, 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 19862000M3959 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.