A4170 crash in Coventry on 2 August 2003 at 02:46 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A car and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the A4170 in Coventry at 02:46 on Saturday 2 August 2003. A 37-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX1 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
- 2 Aug 2003
- Saturday, 02:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and London Taxis Int. TX1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41185, longitude -1.51525, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320M062001
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4170
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4053
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2020.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 13 November 2020
2 m awayRef 2020201018728
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Toyota Yaris crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 20 April 2016
6 m awayRef 2016200062525
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Peugeot 206 crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 5 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200820M066001
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Austin Metro crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 17 February 2002
10 m awayRef 200220M014601
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Ford Transit crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 15 November 2025
12 m awayRef 2025201671080
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Volvo V50 crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 15 November 2018
20 m awayRef 2018200353643
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200320M062001 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.