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Serious unclassified road crash in Coventry CV2 on 21 December 2007 at 17:20 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Coventry at 17:20 on Friday 21 December 2007. A 40-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2007
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Renault Laguna
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42018, longitude -1.4684, in the CV2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Stoke, Coventry, CV2 4JT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200720M500302
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200720M500302 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.