Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV6 on 15 October 2005 at 17:33 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A car, a Vauxhall Astra and a London Taxis Int. Txii were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 17:33 on Saturday 15 October 2005. The 42-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. Txii was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2005
- Saturday, 17:33
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42218, longitude -1.53543, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherbourne, Coventry, CV6 2NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520M062901
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2008.
Slight
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Slight
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Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 19 October 2014
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Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 25 June 1990
71 m awayRef 19902000M1204
Slight
Austin Mini crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 6 November 1996
71 m awayRef 19962096M6359
Serious
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 4 July 1990
71 m awayRef 19902090M1257
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: London Taxis Int. Txii
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (London Taxis Int. Txii)
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 200520M062901 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 2005.