A4600 crash in Coventry on 28 April 2012 at 23:00 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307, a Ford KA and a London Taxis Int. Txii were involved in a crash on the A4600 in Coventry at 23:00 on Saturday 28 April 2012. The 17-year-old male driver of the Ford KA, an 18-year-old male passenger in the London Taxis Int. Txii and a 25-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. Txii were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2012
- Saturday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 307 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42172, longitude -1.44985, in the CV2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wyken, Coventry, CV2 5AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220M006252
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4600
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2016.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 18 March 2016
11 m awayRef 2016200053998
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 13 March 2007
22 m awayRef 200720M027902
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 17 October 2025
27 m awayRef 2025201656307
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 29 January 1996
41 m awayRef 19962096M0160
Serious
Car crash on the A46 in Coventry, 8 October 1989
41 m awayRef 19892000M1824
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 18 March 1993
41 m awayRef 19932093M0476
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: London Taxis Int. Txii
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (London Taxis Int. Txii)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (London Taxis Int. Txii)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 201220M006252 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 2012.