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Vehicle recovery in Coventry
The ring road is a loop of 2.25 miles with nine numbered junctions. Eight are grade-separated, and only Junction 1 is a roundabout at street level. Between them are weaving sections, some as short as 300 feet, where traffic joining and leaving crosses in the same space, and the slip roads climb and drop on steep gradients. A car that dies on a weaving section leaves other drivers almost no warning. Get the hazards on at once. If you can get out safely, do, and stand well back from the carriageway. When you call, read us the junction number from the signs and say whether you were going clockwise or anticlockwise.
The M6 crosses the north of the city. Junction 2 at Ansty is where the M69 leaves for Leicester and the A46 starts its run round the eastern side, and University Hospital Coventry is on the same side of the city, on Clifford Bridge Road in Walsgrave. Junction 3 takes the A444 south for about a mile to the Coventry Building Society Arena, with Arena Park shopping and Coventry Arena station next to it. West of Junction 2, from there to Junction 4, the M6 is all-lane running with no hard shoulder. Use an emergency area, and if you're stranded in a live lane, stay belted in and call 999.
The A46 eastern bypass crosses the A428 at a roundabout by Binley Woods, then meets the A45 at the signal-controlled Tollbar roundabout beside Coventry Airport, and carries on to Festival Island and the Kenilworth bypass with exits for Stoneleigh and the University of Warwick. A breakdown there is often about which side of Tollbar you've stopped on.
Coventry has no charging clean air zone. A recovered car can go to your own garage, home, or a dealer anywhere in the country, and the price covers the whole trip.
Roads & areas we cover around Coventry
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Recovering something other than a car
Different vehicles need different trucks and different handling. These explain how each one is done.
Coventry recovery & roadside FAQs
I'm stuck between two junctions on Coventry ring road. How do you find me?
Read us the number on the last junction sign you passed (they run 1 to 9) and tell us whether you were going clockwise or anticlockwise. That, with the colour and make of the car, is enough for the driver. Stay out of the traffic while you wait, and if the car is in a lane and you can't get out safely, call 999 first.
My car has stopped on the M6 near Coventry and there is no hard shoulder. What should I do?
Between Junctions 2 and 4 the M6 is all-lane running, so there's no hard shoulder. If the car is still moving, get to an emergency area (look for the orange surface and SOS signs) or off at the next exit. If it has stopped in a running lane, stay belted in with hazards on and call 999. Once you're somewhere safe, call us with the junction numbers and your direction.
Can you get my car out of the car park at University Hospital Coventry?
Usually the first thing to try at a hospital is a jump start or a replacement battery where the car is, because long visits and cold weather are hard on weak batteries. If the car does need towing, tell us which car park and the nearest entrance so the driver can get close.
Do you cover the A45 and A46 around Tollbar End?
Yes, and the key detail is which side of the Tollbar roundabout you're on and which road you were on before it: A45 from the city, A46 from Binley or Kenilworth. Get out on the verge side and behind any barrier while you call.
What decides how much a Coventry recovery costs?
The pickup point, the vehicle, whether it can roll and steer, and the destination. We quote one figure before dispatch and that's what you pay, with nothing to join.