A444 crash in Coventry on 15 November 2003 at 01:05 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A444 in Coventry at 01:05 on Saturday 15 November 2003. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2003
- Saturday, 01:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41954, longitude -1.50693, in the CV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foleshill, Coventry, CV1 4HR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320M086501
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 444
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2000.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A444 in Coventry, 24 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200020M021401
Slight
Car crash on the B4113 in Coventry, 1 November 2007
At the same spotRef 200720M067901
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4113 in Coventry, 20 November 2005
10 m awayRef 200520M071701
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A444 in Coventry, 17 April 1999
10 m awayRef 199920M071701
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A444 in Coventry, 15 March 2002
10 m awayRef 200220M021301
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B4113 in Coventry, 18 January 2025
14 m awayRef 2025201548720
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,747 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200320M086501 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.