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Fatal A4023 crash in Coventry on 23 December 2003 at 13:07 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto hit a pedestrian on the A4023 in Coventry at 13:07 on Tuesday 23 December 2003. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Dec 2003
Tuesday, 13:07
Vehicles
1
Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40186, longitude -1.58488, in the CV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tile Hill & Canley, Coventry, CV4 9RL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320M097901
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4023
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 24 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200320M097901 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.