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A45 crash in Coventry on 31 December 2002 at 16:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A45 in Coventry at 16:00 on Tuesday 31 December 2002. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2002
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37855, longitude -1.46581, in the CV3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Binley & Willenhall, Coventry, CV3 3EJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220M503302
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
423

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 15 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200220M503302 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.