Serious A4082 crash in Coventry on 22 December 1997 at 17:25 involving an Austin Metro
An Austin Metro and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4082 in Coventry at 17:25 on Monday 22 December 1997. The 49-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Dec 1997
- Monday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Metro and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43667, longitude -1.48806, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19972097M2379
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4082
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 15 October 1990.
Slight
Scooter crash on the A4082 in Coventry, 15 October 1990
At the same spotRef 19902090M1904
Slight
Car crash on the A4082 in Coventry, 1 May 1980
At the same spotRef 19802000M1072
Serious
Car crash on the A4082 in Coventry, 2 January 1982
At the same spotRef 19822000M0020
Serious
LDV 400 Series crash on the A4082 in Coventry, 20 January 1995
At the same spotRef 19952095M0133
Slight
Car crash on the A4082 in Coventry, 23 December 1982
At the same spotRef 19822000M3529
Serious
Morris Marina crash on the A4082 in Coventry, 25 February 1990
At the same spotRef 19902000M0680
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 49, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 19972097M2379 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 1997.