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Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV6 on 4 January 2004 at 05:56 involving a London Taxis Int. Txii

A London Taxis Int. Txii and a Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 05:56 on Sunday 4 January 2004. The 51-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle and a 25-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. Txii were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jan 2004
Sunday, 05:56
Vehicles
2
London Taxis Int. Txii and Yamaha XVS 650
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44268, longitude -1.51374, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holbrooks, Coventry, CV6 4GD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420M001603
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. Txii

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha XVS 650

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XVS 650)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. Txii)

    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 200420M001603 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 2004.