A428 crash in Coventry on 25 September 2025 at 14:32 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A428 in Coventry at 14:32 on Thursday 25 September 2025. The 48-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2025
- Thursday, 14:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40719, longitude -1.48856, in the CV3 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
- 2025201647526
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 428
- 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
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 428
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1999.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A428 in Coventry, 13 September 1999
1 m awayRef 199920M177601
Slight
Alfa Romeo 147 crash on the A428 in Coventry, 20 December 2007
1 m awayRef 200720M501202
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A428 in Coventry, 8 December 2011
1 m awayRef 201120M017491
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A428 in Coventry, 22 April 2004
1 m awayRef 200420M034702
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A428 in Coventry, 22 March 2024
4 m awayRef 2024201424185
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A428 in Coventry, 24 January 2023
4 m awayRef 2023201289044
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025201647526 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 2025.