Woman dies after Jaguar crashes into her Coventry home

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She had been inside a property on Lentons Lane when a Jaguar crashed at around 5pm yesterday (July 17)



An elderly woman has died after a Jaguar smashed into her property in Coventry. It happened yesterday afternoon (July 17).

Police were called to the junction of Shilton Lane and Lentons Lane at around 5pm. Officers cordoned off the vicinity after a Jaguar and a Volkswagen (VW) van had crashed.

CoventryLive previously reported that a Jaguar subsequently hit a property on Lentons Lane. A 78-year-old woman who was inside the address at the time was taken to University Hospital Coventry, where she later died.

Three others were also found injured. A second woman who was inside the Lentons Lane property and the Jaguar and VW drivers were assessed and had sustained minor injuries.

Police said the family of the deceased has been informed of the tragedy and is being supported. Both drivers were spoken to at the scene yesterday (July 17), and an investigation has been launched.

Investigators have appealed for CCTV footage as they work to establish the manner in which they were driving. Witnesses can also get in touch with West Midlands Police by calling 101.

Appealing for information today (July 18), West Midlands Police said: “We are appealing for witnesses following the death of a woman after a car hit her house in Coventry yesterday (July 17). We were called to the junction of Shilton Lane and Lentons Lane just before 5pm following a collision involving a Jaguar and a VW.

“Both drivers were spoken to at the scene, and enquiries continue. We would appeal for anyone with dashcam, CCTV, or other information from the scene at around the time to get in touch with us via 101, quoting log 4184. You can also email sciu@westmidlands.police.uk.”

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Calls for safety measures at Coventry junction after pensioner killed in home



Calls have been made for safety measures at a Coventry junction following the death of a woman after a car crashed into her house. Pensioner Barbara Howard died after a Jaguar car crashed into her home following a collision with another vehicle.

Enquiries into the tragedy are ongoing and there is no indication that speed was the cause of this particular incident. But it's sparked a petition signed by 167 people calling for safety measures at the junction of Lentons Lane, Shilton Lane and Woodway Lane. It was one of a number of petitions related to parking, pavements and speeding presented to Coventry City Council at its full council meeting this week (Tuesday). More than half of those discussed at the Council House centred on the city’s roads and these will now be considered by the relevant council departments.

Cllr Pat Seaman presented the petition for the Lentons Lane junction which falls within her Henley ward. She told the meeting: “There is a 30mph speed restriction along Lentons Lane and Shilton Lane and residents have stated that it is such a straight road that cars just bomb along it at ridiculous speeds putting everybody at risk. There have been numerous accidents at this particular junction and one resident has said that you are not even safe in your own home.

“We fully understand that the circumstances of the latest tragic incident needs to be fully understood but we are minded to ask the council to look at implementing and resourcing measures to reduce the speeding of traffic in this area.”

Hundreds of people had also signed petitions calling for action to tackle speeding vehicles and parking problems outside Park Hill Primary School and demanding the introduction of a 30mph limit and traffic calming measures along Wall Hill Road, in Allesley, where a horse and rider were recently injured. A petition sponsored by Cllr Peter Male referred to the state of the pavements in Woodlands ward particularly in Wellesbourne Road where he said half of the road had benefited from new Tarmac ones but others were dangerous. And a petition brought to the council chamber by Cllr Gary Ridley called for reinforced mesh to be introduced at The Glade nearby.

Cllr Ridley said: “All across our great city, people are experiencing parking problems with grass verges being churned up. There has to be a way forward. When I spoke to residents in The Glade, there was a real desire and determination to make the most of the green space in that place but at the same time to try and find a solution to the parking problem. What we have at the moment is dirt that has been churned up where there should be fields for children to play on.

“One of the solutions could be the reinforced mesh that you put down which allows grass to grow through it but still allows vehicles to park on top of it. It has been successfully rolled out in other areas across this city and this petition calls on this council to investigate the feasibility of doing that in The Glade as well.”