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Serious B4113 crash in Coventry on 13 February 2009 at 17:44 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus hit two pedestrians on the B4113 in Coventry at 17:44 on Friday 13 February 2009. A 67-year-old male pedestrian and a 62-year-old male pedestrian were seriously 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
Serious
Date
13 Feb 2009
Friday, 17:44
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4502, longitude -1.48584, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longford, Coventry, CV6 6PH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200920M008403
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4113
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 200920M008403 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 2009.