B4098 crash in Coventry on 24 December 2018 at 15:12 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B4098 in Coventry at 15:12 on Monday 24 December 2018. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2018
- Monday, 15:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42381, longitude -1.52304, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Radford, Coventry, CV6 1HF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200816148
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4098
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4107
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 slight injury crash on 11 December 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 11 December 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200143378
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 26 April 2024
2 m awayRef 2024201435932
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 12 September 2012
2 m awayRef 201220M013032
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A4170 in Coventry, 28 February 2001
2 m awayRef 200120M067301
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 25 February 2012
2 m awayRef 201220M003562
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B4098 in Coventry, 7 March 2008
2 m awayRef 200820M015401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018200816148 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.