A4600 crash in Coventry on 10 August 2012 at 21:41 involving a Renault Clio
A car, a Renault Clio and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4600 in Coventry at 21:41 on Friday 10 August 2012. The 25-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio, the 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 33-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Aug 2012
- Friday, 21:41
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40782, longitude -1.49765, 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, CV2 4FU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220M011162
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 1998.
Slight
Car crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 10 December 1998
At the same spotRef 199820M243601
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 6 March 1998
At the same spotRef 199820M066701
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 24 June 2009
At the same spotRef 200920M034501
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 11 May 2010
At the same spotRef 201020M002180
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 11 January 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200040467
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A4600 in Coventry, 5 August 2025
7 m awayRef 2025201625071
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 201220M011162 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.