A4082 crash in Coventry on 3 August 2011 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra, a Mercedes A Class and a Vauxhall Astra van were involved in a crash on the A4082 in Coventry at 12:30 on Wednesday 3 August 2011. The 76-year-old male driver of the Mercedes A Class, the 59-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra van and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes A Class 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
- 3 Aug 2011
- Wednesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Vectra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39059, longitude -1.48536, in the CV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV3 4FE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201120M011111
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4082
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2014.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4082 in Coventry, 30 March 2014
At the same spotRef 201420M004574
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A423 in Coventry, 26 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199920M231701
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A4082 in Coventry, 15 October 2024
21 m awayRef 2024201512184
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A423 in Coventry, 23 March 2002
22 m awayRef 200220M032202
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A423 in Coventry, 4 June 2003
22 m awayRef 200320M050002
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on the A423 in Coventry, 7 May 1998
22 m awayRef 199820M092501
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201120M011111 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 2011.