A444 crash in Coventry on 8 January 2018 at 14:25 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
Four vehicles, including a car and a Vauxhall Zafira, were involved in a crash on the A444 in Coventry at 14:25 on Monday 8 January 2018. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2018
- Monday, 14:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Zafira and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43532, longitude -1.49314, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200265875
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 444
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 5 February 2024.
Serious
Chevrolet Captiva crash on the A444 in Coventry, 5 February 2024
1 m awayRef 2024201427530
Slight
Car crash on the A444 in Coventry, 1 August 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201210434
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A444 in Coventry, 1 June 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200311865
Slight
Car crash on the A444 in Coventry, 4 March 2019
2 m awayRef 2019200830492
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the A444 in Coventry, 15 May 2021
3 m awayRef 2021201063236
Slight
Car crash on the A444 in Coventry, 1 November 2018
5 m awayRef 2018200345769
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018200265875 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 2018.