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Serious A45 crash in Coventry on 27 December 2003 at 16:03 involving a Lexus IS200

A bicycle and a Lexus IS200 were involved in a crash on the A45 in Coventry at 16:03 on Saturday 27 December 2003. The 13-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 2003
Saturday, 16:03
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Lexus IS200
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37985, longitude -1.51692, in the CV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wainbody, Coventry, CV3 6NE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320M501902
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
40 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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lexus IS200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 200320M501902 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.