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A428 crash in Coventry on 17 May 2003 at 19:28 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Renault Master were involved in a crash on the A428 in Coventry at 19:28 on Saturday 17 May 2003. The 51-year-old male driver of the Renault Master was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2003
Saturday, 19:28
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Renault Master
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4077, longitude -1.49089, in the CV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Coventry, CV2 4FU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320M043402
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
428
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
46

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 4 February 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Master

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Master)

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 200320M043402 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.