B4544 crash in Coventry on 28 February 2021 at 21:37 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the B4544 in Coventry at 21:37 on Sunday 28 February 2021. The 40-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Feb 2021
- Sunday, 21:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4046, longitude -1.51381, in the CV1 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 1LL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201064591
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4544
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2009.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 2 January 2009
3 m awayRef 200920M000901
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4454 in Coventry, 15 August 1998
7 m awayRef 199820M155901
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 26 November 2018
8 m awayRef 2018200811557
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4544 in Coventry, 27 October 2012
11 m awayRef 201220M014732
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B4454 in Coventry, 21 October 2002
17 m awayRef 200220M071901
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 18 January 2005
17 m awayRef 200520M006201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021201064591 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 2021.