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Fatal A4600 crash in Coventry on 17 December 2016 at 23:28 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A4600 in Coventry at 23:28 on Saturday 17 December 2016. A 57-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Dec 2016
Saturday, 23:28
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41737, longitude -1.45907, in the CV2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wyken, Coventry, CV2 5AA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200148326
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4600
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    40 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 2016200148326 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.