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Serious unclassified road crash in Coventry CV5 on 18 April 2018 at 13:10 involving a Toyota Hilux

A Toyota Hilux hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Coventry at 13:10 on Wednesday 18 April 2018. A 72-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 74-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Apr 2018
Wednesday, 13:10
Vehicles
1
Toyota Hilux
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41745, longitude -1.54345, in the CV5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherbourne, Coventry, CV5 8HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018200292682
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Slip road
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
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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    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
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 2018200292682 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.