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B4107 crash in Coventry on 21 August 1998 at 20:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the B4107 in Coventry at 20:30 on Friday 21 August 1998. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra 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
21 Aug 1998
Friday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41464, longitude -1.5308, 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
199820M160201
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4107
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
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 23 April 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    2,304 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199820M160201 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 1998.