A4023 crash in Coventry on 2 April 2002 at 20:16 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A4023 in Coventry at 20:16 on Tuesday 2 April 2002. A 25-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2002
- Tuesday, 20:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40376, longitude -1.54003, in the CV5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 6EU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220M035302
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4023
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 July 2021.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 7 July 2021
12 m awayRef 2021201098503
Slight
Car crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 14 October 2022
12 m awayRef 2022201317540
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 1 July 2016
14 m awayRef 2016200085677
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 5 October 2019
20 m awayRef 2019200887575
Serious
Minibus crash on the A4023 in Coventry, 22 September 1997
22 m awayRef 19972097M1703
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4023 in Coventry, 23 December 1997
22 m awayRef 19972097M2380
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
- 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 200220M035302 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 2002.