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Serious unclassified road crash in Coventry CV4 on 6 October 2008 at 18:05 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Coventry at 18:05 on Monday 6 October 2008. A 26-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Oct 2008
Monday, 18:05
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38165, longitude -1.56436, in the CV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200820M054502
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 January 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    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 200820M054502 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.