Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV6 on 1 April 2015 at 18:22 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a London Taxis Int. TX4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 18:22 on Wednesday 1 April 2015. The 51-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2015
- Wednesday, 18:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and London Taxis Int. TX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43683, longitude -1.48364, 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, CV2 1JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201520M004575
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2002.
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 24 December 2002
20 m awayRef 200220M101503
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 23 October 2004
20 m awayRef 200420M082603
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 9 June 2001
20 m awayRef 200120M095003
Serious
Vauxhall Agila crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 5 June 2008
20 m awayRef 200820M046303
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 23 March 1981
20 m awayRef 19812000M0760
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 22 November 1982
20 m awayRef 19822000M3140
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX4)
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 201520M004575 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 2015.