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Coventry road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 40,212 road traffic collisions in Coventry from 1979 to 2025, and 51,317 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 484 were fatal and 10,476 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 404 collisions, up 9% on 2024 (372), and casualties rose from 458 to 482.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
40,212
61st highest of 351 areas
Casualties
51,317
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
484
1.2% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
404
Up 9% on 2024

Crash severity in Coventry

1.2% of collisions in Coventry from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 26% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal4841.2%
  • Serious10,47626%
  • Slight29,25273%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal5071%
  • Serious12,25824%
  • Slight38,55275%

Coventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Coventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,208 in 2000. In 2025 there were 404, up 9% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 404
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025404482
2024372458
2023393512
2022410522
2021420529
2020395523
2019572752
2018608785
2017642830
2016664847
2015688921
2014614827
2013580731
2012600822
2011640877
2010602806
2009701930
20088141,057
20078751,147
20069271,218
20059321,211
20049341,174
20031,0571,332
20021,1631,526
20011,1421,488
20001,2081,610
19991,1031,484
19981,1461,519
19971,1001,443
19969191,184
19959131,188
19949241,172
19939831,262
19929581,198
19919591,188
19901,0181,281
19891,0341,279
19881,0251,241
19878811,125
19861,1071,297
19851,0781,320
19841,1641,415
19831,0981,357
19821,1011,323
19811,0581,330
19801,1671,425
19791,1191,369

When and where crashes happen in Coventry

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday5,754 (14%)
  • Tuesday5,856 (15%)
  • Wednesday5,915 (15%)
  • Thursday6,076 (15%)
  • Friday6,806 (17%)
  • Saturday5,707 (14%)
  • Sunday4,098 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,453 (3.6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59597 (1.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:594,735 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:594,948 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:597,066 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5910,808 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:596,633 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:593,972 (9.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January3,266 (8.1%)
  • February2,955 (7.3%)
  • March3,215 (8%)
  • April3,053 (7.6%)
  • May3,348 (8.3%)
  • June3,327 (8.3%)
  • July3,427 (8.5%)
  • August3,061 (7.6%)
  • September3,510 (8.7%)
  • October3,821 (9.5%)
  • November3,841 (9.6%)
  • December3,388 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight28,657 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10,964 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown240 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting232 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit118 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds30,325 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds5,311 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds492 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds359 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist217 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds209 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds24 (0.1%)
  • Other2,434 (6.1%)
  • Not recorded841 (2.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry26,661 (66%)
  • Wet or damp12,742 (32%)
  • Frost or ice580 (1.4%)
  • Snow176 (0.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep15 (under 0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel12 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud3 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded23 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph15 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph237 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph32,733 (81%)
  • 40 mph5,414 (13%)
  • 50 mph591 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph948 (2.4%)
  • 70 mph273 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway29,674 (74%)
  • Dual carriageway6,279 (16%)
  • Roundabout2,829 (7%)
  • One way street or slip road1,052 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded378 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Coventry

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant26,388 (51%)
  • Pedestrian11,406 (22%)
  • Cyclist4,980 (9.7%)
  • Motorcyclist4,962 (9.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1,475 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant860 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant694 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)192 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant166 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant98 (0.2%)
  • Other55 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded41 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,635 (3.2%)
  • 6 to 103,150 (6.1%)
  • 11 to 153,935 (7.7%)
  • 16 to 207,975 (16%)
  • 21 to 256,998 (14%)
  • 26 to 359,222 (18%)
  • 36 to 456,439 (13%)
  • 46 to 554,578 (8.9%)
  • 56 to 653,107 (6.1%)
  • 66 to 751,870 (3.6%)
  • Over 751,269 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded1,139 (2.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider27,673 (54%)
  • Passenger12,238 (24%)
  • Pedestrian11,406 (22%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car52,117 (73%)
  • Motorcycle5,179 (7.3%)
  • Pedal cycle5,065 (7.1%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes3,192 (4.5%)
  • Bus or coach2,013 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1,330 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1,185 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle656 (0.9%)
  • Minibus241 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown76 (0.1%)
  • Other74 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded81 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Coventry

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Coventry

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Coventry ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Coventry had the 61st most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
61st
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
65th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
85th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
23rd
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
58thShropshire41,47559,7191,23810,478
59thNewcastle upon Tyne41,25153,3854946,509
60thWaltham Forest40,62649,2393225,584
61stCoventry (this area)40,21251,31748410,476
62ndHavering40,18352,3974246,013
63rdPlymouth39,63249,1973587,366
64thCentral Bedfordshire39,45357,2178987,044

Accident hotspots in Coventry

St Michael's, Coventry, CV1 1LL area is the busiest accident hotspot in Coventry, with 1,402 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 5 of them fatal.

Roads in Coventry with the most crashes

The A444 had the most collisions in Coventry from 1979 to 2025: 2,184, including 34 fatal and 533 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Coventry, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4442,1842,91134533
2ndA451,7932,43852421
3rdB41091,6472,13717396
4thA46001,4351,91615287
5thA4281,3661,78117369
6thA40821,2051,59024373
7thA40531,0841,43214244
8thA40239871,25220315
9thA41148711,15711194
10thA468081,02214325
11thB44547548855231
12thB411074699010190
13thB41137461,0187116
14thA4297049939177
15thB41076858513189
16thA42360881312203
17thA41705086776163
18thB4101416537170
19thB40984025898104
20thB4082353453260

Towns in Coventry

Coventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 34,198.

Postcode districts in Coventry

CV6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Coventry from 1979 to 2025: 10,123.

Latest crashes in Coventry

Of the latest 24 crashes in Coventry, none were fatal and 10 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity