Serious B4119 crash in Coventry on 9 September 2017 at 01:50 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Yamaha MW125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4119 in Coventry at 01:50 on Saturday 9 September 2017. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MW125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Sep 2017
- Saturday, 01:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Yamaha MW125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43154, longitude -1.49714, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Foleshill, Coventry, CV6 5SP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200220709
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4119
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 21 November 2020.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B4113 in Coventry, 21 November 2020
1 m awayRef 2020201007834
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4119 in Coventry, 31 January 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200046078
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 19 April 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200062375
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B4113 in Coventry, 7 January 2015
6 m awayRef 201520M002575
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4113 in Coventry, 27 September 2005
6 m awayRef 200520M063803
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A444 in Coventry, 4 August 2004
6 m awayRef 200420M059503
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha MW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha MW125)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2017200220709 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.