A4053 crash in Coventry on 22 December 2002 at 10:14 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier, an Audi TT and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A4053 in Coventry at 10:14 on Sunday 22 December 2002. The 43-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier, a 19-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 31-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2002
- Sunday, 10:14
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40439, longitude -1.51695, in the CV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Coventry, CV1 1LL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220M090301
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4053
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 19 November 2018
8 m awayRef 2018200807849
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 16 November 2006
10 m awayRef 200620M072901
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 11 March 1998
10 m awayRef 199820M057501
Serious
Volvo XC60 crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 19 May 2010
10 m awayRef 201020M002510
Slight
Audi TT crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 20 April 2010
10 m awayRef 201020M001190
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 9 September 2006
10 m awayRef 200620M054101
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 200 Series)
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 200220M090301 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.