Coronation Street’s Michael Le Vell – who plays Kevin Webster – has revealed to The Sun newspaper how a freak accident on set terrified him.

He and the show’s director, Kay Patrick, were discussing scripts when a car suddenly hurtled towards them. It seems that somehow, the accelerator on the vehicle became jammed causing it to career at speed towards the two.

“Someone could have been killed that day. It just clipped my hip and threw me out the way. But Kay had her back to the car and was directing people, putting them in position…

“The throttle was stuck on. It hit her full pelt. She went across the bonnet and then it went across the street and into water on the set.

“I swear, we all thought she was dead. Kay later sent me a message, saying another minute later and I would have had my back to the car.”

The bizarre accident happened last month and despite Patrick being thrown over the bonnet of the car, she’s now recovering well after surgery to repair her shattered shoulder. She also sustained leg injuries.

Michael said, “Fortunately she is OK now. She has had a plate put in her shoulder, her leg is still bad and she is going to be off work for a long, long time.”

The paper said that ITV bosses “are probing the freak crash.”