A444 crash in Coventry on 14 November 2006 at 16:25 involving a Toyota Hiace van
Five vehicles, including a Toyota Hiace van and a Ford Mondeo, were involved in a crash on the A444 in Coventry at 16:25 on Tuesday 14 November 2006. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo, the 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2006
- Tuesday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 5
- Toyota Hiace and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40894, longitude -1.48794, in the CV2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Coventry, CV2 4FU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200620M072502
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 444
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2019.
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A444 in Coventry, 5 June 2019
9 m awayRef 2019200877916
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A444 in Coventry, 12 September 2023
31 m awayRef 2023201411023
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 14 December 1995
36 m awayRef 19952095M2025
Serious
Car crash on the B4110 in Coventry, 10 November 1981
36 m awayRef 19812000M2883
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 12 July 1990
36 m awayRef 19902000M1315
Slight
Austin Ambassador crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 23 September 1991
36 m awayRef 19912091M1669
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,446 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 5: Volvo 440
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200620M072502 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 2006.