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A45 crash in Coventry on 13 May 2002 at 19:56 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Seat Inca were involved in a crash on the A45 in Coventry at 19:56 on Monday 13 May 2002. The 52-year-old male driver of the Seat Inca and the 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 May 2002
Monday, 19:56
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Seat Inca
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37827, longitude -1.50636, in the CV3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wainbody, Coventry, CV3 6QB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220M046602
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Inca

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Inca)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 200220M046602 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.