A4053 crash in Coventry on 1 November 2008 at 13:55 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A4053 in Coventry at 13:55 on Saturday 1 November 2008. The 51-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series and the male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2008
- Saturday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41227, longitude -1.50804, in the CV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Coventry, CV1 1LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820M063601
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4053
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 8 November 2000
At the same spotRef 200020M123501
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 29 October 2003
14 m awayRef 200320M081101
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 26 September 2019
18 m awayRef 2019200890516
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 4 February 2004
22 m awayRef 200420M009301
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 24 December 2004
22 m awayRef 200420M087901
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 31 August 2002
28 m awayRef 200220M060401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200820M063601 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.