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Serious A444 crash in Coventry on 6 June 1990 at 08:46 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A444 in Coventry at 08:46 on Wednesday 6 June 1990. The 41-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jun 1990
Wednesday, 08:46
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39544, longitude -1.51793, 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
19902000M1079
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
444
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
429

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 serious injury crash on 4 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, 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 19902000M1079 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.