Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV1 on 18 May 2003 at 22:50 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A London Taxis Int. TX1 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Coventry at 22:50 on Sunday 18 May 2003. A 31-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2003
- Sunday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- London Taxis Int. TX1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40667, longitude -1.5034, 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
- 200320M039201
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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
- Dry
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2007.
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Peugeot 2008 crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 30 July 2022
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Serious
Carbodies Taxi crash on the B4454 in Coventry, 18 September 2003
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 200320M039201 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 2003.