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A45 crash in Coventry on 27 November 2003 at 20:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A45 in Coventry at 20:30 on Thursday 27 November 2003. The 53-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Nov 2003
Thursday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37929, longitude -1.47183, in the CV3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Binley & Willenhall, Coventry, CV3 3EJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320M104302
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,868 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

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 200320M104302 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.