C road crash in Coventry CV6 on 19 February 2016 at 19:12 involving a Mercedes CLS Class
A Mercedes CLS Class and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on a C road in Coventry at 19:12 on Friday 19 February 2016. The 35-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Feb 2016
- Friday, 19:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes CLS Class and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43567, longitude -1.50593, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holbrooks, Coventry, CV6 4AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200049522
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2016.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B4118 in Solihull, 30 August 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200121704
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B4118 in Coventry, 26 January 2015
7 m awayRef 201520M004525
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4118 in Coventry, 25 July 2012
7 m awayRef 201220M011322
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 24 January 2002
15 m awayRef 200220M007403
Slight
Peugeot 407 crash on the B4118 in Coventry, 3 November 2014
17 m awayRef 201420M501744
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 14 January 1998
29 m awayRef 199820M011901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLS Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 4,966 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016200049522 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 2016.