Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV3 on 2 August 2019 at 19:20 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 19:20 on Friday 2 August 2019. The 10-year-old male cyclist 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
- 2 Aug 2019
- Friday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40235, longitude -1.48458, in the CV3 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 2AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200869446
- 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
- 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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 1996.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 24 February 1996
41 m awayRef 19962096M0335
Serious
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 22 October 1991
65 m awayRef 19912091M1871
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 30 April 1980
65 m awayRef 19802000M1069
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 11 April 1988
65 m awayRef 19882000M0599
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 9 April 2000
74 m awayRef 200020M072802
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 22 March 2000
88 m awayRef 200020M063601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,222 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 10, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2019200869446 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.