Road crashes in Coventry

17,953 recorded collisions since 2000.

Coventry has recorded 17,953 road collisions since 2000, 169 of them fatal and 2,537 causing serious injury. That makes it the 52nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.4 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 69% since 2000, from 1,208 to 372 in 2024. The A4600 is the most affected road locally, with 903 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.