A45 crash in Coventry on 13 November 2008 at 16:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A45 in Coventry at 16:45 on Thursday 13 November 2008. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Nov 2008
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38639, longitude -1.53507, in the CV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Earlsdon, Coventry, CV3 6PH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820M063102
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 429
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 2025.
Serious
Audi A6 crash on the A429 in Coventry, 22 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025201686465
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A45 in Coventry, 20 July 2018
9 m awayRef 2018200315771
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A45 in Coventry, 21 September 2000
10 m awayRef 200020M117002
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A45 in Coventry, 26 August 2012
10 m awayRef 201220M011882
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A429 in Coventry, 13 February 2001
10 m awayRef 200120M065702
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A45 in Coventry, 26 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200220M098502
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200820M063102 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.