Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV2 on 20 July 2019 at 10:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Coventry at 10:20 on Saturday 20 July 2019. A 48-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2019
- Saturday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41119, longitude -1.48235, in the CV2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Coventry, CV2 4FU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200865496
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single 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
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2001.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 13 March 2001
7 m awayRef 200120M074502
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Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 9 July 2003
7 m awayRef 200320M060702
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 2 August 1998
9 m awayRef 199820M147901
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 10 June 2006
9 m awayRef 200620M036402
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 3 July 2025
14 m awayRef 2025201612679
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 23 April 1999
17 m awayRef 199920M078601
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- 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 2019200865496 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 2019.