B4110 crash in Coventry on 5 January 2008 at 22:00 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the B4110 in Coventry at 22:00 on Saturday 5 January 2008. The 28-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2008
- Saturday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and London Taxis Int. TX1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41573, longitude -1.49904, in the CV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foleshill, Coventry, CV1 4HR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820M003501
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4110
- 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
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- 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 26 July 2002.
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B4110 in Coventry, 26 July 2002
At the same spotRef 200220M053501
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4110 in Coventry, 16 May 2013
At the same spotRef 201320M006563
Slight
Car crash on the B4110 in Coventry, 30 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200120M500001
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4110 in Coventry, 27 August 1999
At the same spotRef 199920M163601
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4110 in Coventry, 1 December 2017
4 m awayRef 2017200249612
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the B4110 in Coventry, 6 June 2024
4 m awayRef 2024201452880
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
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 200820M003501 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 2008.