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Serious A45 crash in Coventry on 24 December 1988 at 11:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A45 in Coventry at 11:20 on Saturday 24 December 1988. The 76-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Dec 1988
Saturday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42171, longitude -1.57058, in the CV5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19882000M2359
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
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
4114

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 76, 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 19882000M2359 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 1988.