A4114 crash in Coventry on 1 November 2014 at 23:09 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A4114 in Coventry at 23:09 on Saturday 1 November 2014. The 26-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series and the 21-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2014
- Saturday, 23:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41398, longitude -1.5317, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whoberley, Coventry, CV1 3HE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201420M015014
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4114
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4107
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2008.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A4114 in Coventry, 10 September 2008
At the same spotRef 200820M052901
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A4114 in Coventry, 28 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199920M125901
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A4114 in Coventry, 16 June 2010
At the same spotRef 201020M004040
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A4114 in Coventry, 25 May 2003
At the same spotRef 200320M041501
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4114 in Coventry, 5 April 2013
At the same spotRef 201320M004603
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A4114 in Coventry, 8 August 2004
At the same spotRef 200420M052501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
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 201420M015014 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 2014.