A4053 crash in Coventry on 7 March 2018 at 16:35 involving a London Taxis Int. Txii
A London Taxis Int. Txii, a Citroen C1 and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A4053 in Coventry at 16:35 on Wednesday 7 March 2018. A 41-year-old male passenger in the London Taxis Int. Txii was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2018
- Wednesday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- London Taxis Int. Txii and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41206, longitude -1.51289, in the CV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Coventry, CV1 1LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200310491
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4053
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2019.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 28 February 2019
14 m awayRef 2019200857545
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 26 April 2006
14 m awayRef 200620M022801
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 4 March 2022
20 m awayRef 2022201226751
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 4 May 2004
22 m awayRef 200420M037603
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 19 November 2000
22 m awayRef 200020M129201
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4053 in Coventry, 5 July 2018
22 m awayRef 2018200333494
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. Txii
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. Txii)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018200310491 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.