B4107 crash in Coventry on 31 December 2025 at 18:31 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the B4107 in Coventry at 18:31 on Wednesday 31 December 2025. The 41-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2025
- Wednesday, 18:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4048, longitude -1.53516, in the CV5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whoberley, Coventry, CV1 3HE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201689864
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4107
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4101
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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 1999.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B4107 in Coventry, 18 February 1999
4 m awayRef 199920M037301
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4107 in Coventry, 6 August 1999
4 m awayRef 199920M149601
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the B4107 in Coventry, 4 June 2001
4 m awayRef 200120M097502
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4107 in Coventry, 20 October 2004
4 m awayRef 200420M089002
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4107 in Coventry, 8 May 2012
4 m awayRef 201220M006342
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4101 in Coventry, 13 October 2006
6 m awayRef 200620M065802
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 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 2025201689864 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.