B4101 crash in Coventry on 23 December 2007 at 17:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Chrysler PT Cruiser were involved in a crash on the B4101 in Coventry at 17:20 on Sunday 23 December 2007. The 26-year-old female driver of the Chrysler PT Cruiser and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Chrysler PT Cruiser were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2007
- Sunday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Chrysler PT Cruiser
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40849, longitude -1.52999, 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
- 200720M500702
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4101
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2021.
Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the B4106 in Coventry, 15 May 2021
9 m awayRef 2021201082430
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 1 April 2007
10 m awayRef 200720M023001
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4023 in Coventry, 16 June 2003
10 m awayRef 200320M047101
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 23 January 2007
14 m awayRef 200720M006801
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B4106 in Coventry, 27 February 2008
14 m awayRef 200820M014201
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 25 June 2010
14 m awayRef 201020M004330
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Chrysler PT Cruiser
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,429 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chrysler PT Cruiser)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chrysler PT Cruiser)
- 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 200720M500702 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.