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Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV5 on 23 May 2007 at 17:30 involving an MCW bus

An MCW bus crashed on an unclassified road in Coventry at 17:30 on Wednesday 23 May 2007. A 6-year-old male passenger and a 9-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 2007
Wednesday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
MCW
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40816, longitude -1.53705, in the CV5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whoberley, Coventry, CV1 3HE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200720M036401
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

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
B
Second road number
4107

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,045 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 200720M036401 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 2007.