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Blaby road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 293 road traffic collisions in Blaby in 1979, and 424 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 80 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 13,115 collisions in Blaby.

Collisions in 1979
293
Casualties in 1979
424
Fatal collisions
12
4.1% of collisions
Serious collisions
80
27% of collisions

Crash severity in Blaby in 1979

4.1% of collisions in Blaby in 1979 were fatal and 27% serious, against 2.1% and 14% in Blaby from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal124.1%
  • Serious8027%
  • Slight20169%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal143.3%
  • Serious11226%
  • Slight29870%

Blaby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blaby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 435 in 2002. 1979 is highlighted, with 293.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025117166
2024119164
2023121174
202284103
2021110162
2020115158
2019128168
2018144200
2017144225
2016215293
2015218301
2014265347
2013235346
2012240323
2011246360
2010286392
2009276389
2008260332
2007264380
2006330439
2005337476
2004345464
2003399536
2002435607
2001392530
2000413564
1999367487
1998343468
1997346494
1996393533
1995362505
1994361461
1993324461
1992300401
1991302430
1990356473
1989328468
1988344463
1987276375
1986324449
1985344463
1984309409
1983294370
1982290389
1981311425
1980310432
1979293424

When and where crashes happen in Blaby in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (12%)
  • Tuesday41 (14%)
  • Wednesday45 (15%)
  • Thursday47 (16%)
  • Friday44 (15%)
  • Saturday39 (13%)
  • Sunday42 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5920 (6.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:599 (3.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5941 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5932 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5945 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5960 (20%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5939 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5947 (16%)

Collisions by month

  • January28 (9.6%)
  • February21 (7.2%)
  • March14 (4.8%)
  • April9 (3.1%)
  • May38 (13%)
  • June21 (7.2%)
  • July17 (5.8%)
  • August29 (9.9%)
  • September17 (5.8%)
  • October35 (12%)
  • November31 (11%)
  • December33 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight187 (64%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting41 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds223 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.4%)
  • Fog or mist7 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (1%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry141 (48%)
  • Wet or damp129 (44%)
  • Frost or ice14 (4.8%)
  • Snow8 (2.7%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph127 (43%)
  • 40 mph24 (8.2%)
  • 50 mph14 (4.8%)
  • 60 mph78 (27%)
  • 70 mph50 (17%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway216 (74%)
  • Dual carriageway56 (19%)
  • Roundabout20 (6.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Blaby in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant221 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist100 (24%)
  • Pedestrian39 (9.2%)
  • Cyclist29 (6.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant13 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 54 (0.9%)
  • 6 to 1022 (5.2%)
  • 11 to 1530 (7.1%)
  • 16 to 20113 (27%)
  • 21 to 2565 (15%)
  • 26 to 3585 (20%)
  • 36 to 4535 (8.3%)
  • 46 to 5528 (6.6%)
  • 56 to 6526 (6.1%)
  • 66 to 7511 (2.6%)
  • Over 755 (1.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider252 (59%)
  • Passenger133 (31%)
  • Pedestrian39 (9.2%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car316 (61%)
  • Motorcycle92 (18%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes35 (6.7%)
  • Pedal cycle30 (5.8%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes29 (5.6%)
  • Bus or coach11 (2.1%)
  • Minibus2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Blaby in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Blaby

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Blaby ranked among 349 areas in 1979

Of the 349 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Blaby had fewer road collisions than 317 of them in 1979.

Collisions
318th
of 349 areas, highest first
Casualties
304th
of 349 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
205th
of 349 areas, highest first
Serious collisions
313th
of 349 areas, highest first

Roads in Blaby with the most crashes in 1979

The A46 had the most collisions in Blaby in 1979: 23, including 1 fatal and 2 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Blaby, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA46232812
2ndA426224225
3rdM1183418
4thA47172617
5thA5096162215
6thB4114162908
7thB5418151921
8thA50131907
9thB406981213
10thA55800
11thB5825811
12thB53804400
13thB5814601
14thA50703811
15thM693300
16thB40961201

Towns in Blaby: crashes in 1979

Leicester had the most collisions of any town in Blaby in 1979: 91.

Postcode districts in Blaby: crashes in 1979

LE3 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Blaby in 1979: 99.

Latest crashes in Blaby in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Blaby in 1979, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Blaby road accidents in other years