Unclassified road crash in Coventry CV2 on 8 April 2014 at 17:45 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3, a Renault Laguna and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 17:45 on Tuesday 8 April 2014. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2014
- Tuesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41731, longitude -1.49005, in the CV2 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
- 201420M006204
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 November 2014.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 26 November 2014
10 m awayRef 201420M015104
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 28 May 2000
22 m awayRef 200020M084501
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 8 June 2013
22 m awayRef 201320M008353
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 21 September 2004
22 m awayRef 200420M061901
Slight
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 14 November 2003
22 m awayRef 200320M086401
Slight
Renault Arkana crash on an unclassified road in Coventry, 14 September 2025
23 m awayRef 2025201660679
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- 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 201420M006204 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 2014.