B4098 crash in Coventry on 6 July 2007 at 16:18 involving a Cagiva Mito motorcycle
A Cagiva Mito motorcycle and a Volkswagen Bora were involved in a crash on the B4098 in Coventry at 16:18 on Friday 6 July 2007. The 20-year-old male rider of the Cagiva Mito motorcycle 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
- 6 Jul 2007
- Friday, 16:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Cagiva Mito and Volkswagen Bora
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41472, longitude -1.51478, in the CV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherbourne, Coventry, CV6 1PZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720M043701
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4098
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 October 2018.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 19 October 2018
5 m awayRef 2018200344850
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 25 September 2020
6 m awayRef 2020200997424
Serious
Yamaha MT crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 29 October 2025
7 m awayRef 2025201660777
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A4170 in Coventry, 1 November 1999
10 m awayRef 199920M211501
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A4170 in Coventry, 1 February 2002
10 m awayRef 200220M014101
Slight
Dennis crash on the A4170 in Coventry, 4 November 2002
14 m awayRef 200220M077301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Cagiva Mito
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Bora
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Cagiva Mito)
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 200720M043701 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.