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Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV5 on 31 March 2024 at 17:45 involving a Skoda Fabia

A Skoda Fabia and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 17:45 on Sunday 31 March 2024. The 74-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Fabia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2024
Sunday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Skoda Fabia and BMW X3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40699, longitude -1.5587, in the CV5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whoberley, Coventry, CV5 7AH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Coventry

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024201426768
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
45

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: BMW X3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

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 2024201426768 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 2024.