Serious B4428 crash in Coventry on 20 May 2017 at 05:35 involving a BMW X5
Six vehicles, including a BMW X5 and a Peugeot 3008, were involved in a crash on the B4428 in Coventry at 05:35 on Saturday 20 May 2017. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 May 2017
- Saturday, 05:35
- Vehicles
- 6
- BMW X5 and 5 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40408, longitude -1.4429, in the CV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Binley & Willenhall, Coventry, CV3 2FD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200193673
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4428
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 August 1990.
Serious
Triumph Dolomite crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 17 August 1990
5 m awayRef 19902000M1517
Slight
Ford Scorpio crash on the A427 in Coventry, 14 May 1990
5 m awayRef 19902000M0928
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A427 in Coventry, 6 March 1991
5 m awayRef 19912091M0424
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the B4428 in Coventry, 23 February 2012
14 m awayRef 201220M003772
Slight
Proton Persona crash on the A427 in Coventry, 2 April 2002
43 m awayRef 200220M033802
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A427 in Coventry, 10 June 2000
43 m awayRef 200020M087702
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 5: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 6: Jaguar XF Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
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 2017200193673 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 2017.