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B4544 crash in Coventry on 25 April 2022 at 12:46 involving a Mercedes Vito taxi

A Mercedes Vito taxi hit a pedestrian on the B4544 in Coventry at 12:46 on Monday 25 April 2022. A 36-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 2022
Monday, 12:46
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Vito
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40572, longitude -1.50566, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022201185123
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
One way street
Speed limit
20 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2022201185123 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 2022.