A444 crash in Coventry on 6 September 2018 at 12:50 involving a Ford Ecosport
A Ford Ecosport and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A444 in Coventry at 12:50 on Thursday 6 September 2018. The 43-year-old female driver of the Ford Ecosport and a 46-year-old male passenger in the Ford Ecosport were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2018
- Thursday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Ecosport and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4496, longitude -1.4993, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Exhall, Nuneaton and Bedworth, CV6 6AX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200349028
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2019.
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A444 in Coventry, 25 July 2019
2 m awayRef 2019200885109
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A444 in Coventry, 23 November 2021
3 m awayRef 2021201146942
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A444 in Coventry, 6 May 2016
3 m awayRef 2016200071473
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A444 in Coventry, 24 May 2009
5 m awayRef 200920M021003
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A444 in Coventry, 1 July 2012
5 m awayRef 201220M009232
Serious
Kawasaki ZX crash on the A444 in Coventry, 14 January 2023
6 m awayRef 2023201264549
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Ecosport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Ecosport)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Ecosport)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018200349028 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.