B4101 crash in Coventry on 21 September 2007 at 22:10 involving an MG MGF
An MG MGF and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B4101 in Coventry at 22:10 on Friday 21 September 2007. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2007
- Friday, 22:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG MGF and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40658, longitude -1.52413, in the CV1 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720M060401
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4101
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 1998.
Slight
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the A4023 in Coventry, 22 September 1998
At the same spotRef 199820M182001
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 9 December 2011
At the same spotRef 201120M017441
Slight
Car crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 16 December 2012
At the same spotRef 201220M500712
Serious
Metrocab Metrocab crash on the A4023 in Coventry, 1 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200020M003001
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4023 in Coventry, 21 September 1998
At the same spotRef 199820M181601
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 24 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200720M065001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG MGF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 200720M060401 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.