B4101 crash in Coventry on 5 November 2017 at 17:53 involving a Citroen DS3
A Citroen DS3 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4101 in Coventry at 17:53 on Sunday 5 November 2017. The 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen DS3 and the 79-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2017
- Sunday, 17:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen DS3 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40089, longitude -1.59535, in the CV4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tile Hill & Canley, Coventry, CV4 9RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200241167
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4101
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2005.
Slight
Ford Streetka crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 11 October 2005
8 m awayRef 200520M062801
Serious
Car crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 22 December 2016
8 m awayRef 2016200146012
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 13 November 2008
8 m awayRef 200820M064902
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on a C road in Coventry, 4 January 2005
8 m awayRef 200520M002801
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 12 March 2024
9 m awayRef 2024201421939
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 5 September 2008
11 m awayRef 200820M048402
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen DS3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2017200241167 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.