B4118 crash in Coventry on 1 May 2018 at 18:15 involving an Alfa Romeo Mito
An Alfa Romeo Mito and a Skoda Superb were involved in a crash on the B4118 in Coventry at 18:15 on Tuesday 1 May 2018. The 26-year-old male driver of the Alfa Romeo Mito and the 24-year-old female driver of the Skoda Superb were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2018
- Tuesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alfa Romeo Mito and Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43602, longitude -1.50615, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holbrooks, Coventry, CV6 4AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200302225
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4118
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4118
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2012.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B4118 in Coventry, 10 August 2012
10 m awayRef 201220M011152
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 1 May 2006
16 m awayRef 200620M033803
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 9 August 2001
20 m awayRef 200120M117203
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 2 February 1999
20 m awayRef 199920M027201
Slight
Proton Proton crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 17 September 2003
20 m awayRef 200320M075803
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 16 January 1998
20 m awayRef 199820M015501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Mito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Mito)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)
- 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 2018200302225 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.