A444 crash in Coventry on 6 July 2013 at 19:20 involving a BMW 3 Series
Four vehicles, including a BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Zafira, were involved in a crash on the A444 in Coventry at 19:20 on Saturday 6 July 2013. The 43-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2013
- Saturday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW 3 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4354, longitude -1.49366, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foleshill, Coventry, CV6 5SP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201320M009043
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 444
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4113
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 16 March 1999.
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 16 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199920M056201
Slight
Volvo crash on the A444 in Coventry, 8 July 2008
At the same spotRef 200820M036803
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A444 in Coventry, 6 June 2014
At the same spotRef 201420M007894
Slight
Car crash on the A444 in Coventry, 24 August 2013
At the same spotRef 201320M011923
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A444 in Coventry, 11 October 2008
At the same spotRef 200820M053203
Slight
Suzuki Ignis crash on the A444 in Coventry, 6 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201320M010643
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
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 201320M009043 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 2013.