B4109 crash in Coventry on 1 December 2002 at 20:09 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4109 in Coventry at 20:09 on Sunday 1 December 2002. The 29-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2002
- Sunday, 20:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42658, longitude -1.49259, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foleshill, Coventry, CV6 5SP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220M094303
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4109
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2011.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4109 in Coventry, 3 April 2011
At the same spotRef 201120M005081
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4109 in Coventry, 23 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200020M077103
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B4109 in Coventry, 7 February 2015
At the same spotRef 201520M006765
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4109 in Coventry, 15 September 2006
At the same spotRef 200620M054203
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4109 in Coventry, 9 June 2002
At the same spotRef 200220M043503
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4109 in Coventry, 9 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200520M009803
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200220M094303 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.