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Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV6 on 10 October 1998 at 22:30 involving a Skoda Favorit

A car and a Skoda Favorit were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 22:30 on Saturday 10 October 1998. The 38-year-old male driver of the Skoda Favorit and a 50-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Favorit were slightly 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
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1998
Saturday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Skoda Favorit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41398, longitude -1.52331, 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
199820M194801
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Stop sign
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 9 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Favorit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Favorit)

    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 199820M194801 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.