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A4170 crash in Coventry on 2 March 1990 at 09:15 involving a Talbot Alpine

A Talbot Alpine and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the A4170 in Coventry at 09:15 on Friday 2 March 1990. The 41-year-old female driver of the Austin Maestro and the 74-year-old male driver of the Talbot Alpine were 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
2 Mar 1990
Friday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Talbot Alpine and Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41882, longitude -1.51914, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19902000M0445
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Alpine

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Alpine)

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 19902000M0445 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 1990.