A444 crash in Coventry on 18 December 2020 at 12:30 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A444 in Coventry at 12:30 on Friday 18 December 2020. The 57-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2020
- Friday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41035, longitude -1.48783, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020201022010
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 444
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Raining with 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, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1997.
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 24 August 1997
46 m awayRef 19972097M1532
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 18 January 1980
46 m awayRef 19802000M0152
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A444 in Coventry, 25 July 2011
49 m awayRef 201120M010231
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 27 August 2002
51 m awayRef 200220M076302
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 12 May 2009
56 m awayRef 200920M024702
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 23 April 2004
63 m awayRef 200420M035501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020201022010 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 2020.