B5003 crash in North West Leicestershire on 19 July 1997 at 02:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire at 02:00 on Saturday 19 July 1997. A 19-year-old female passenger and a 19-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 1997
- Saturday, 02:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74692, longitude -1.49006, in the LE65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997339705324
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5003
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 1992.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 19 December 1992
20 m awayRef 1992339209179
Slight
Car crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire, 27 October 2019
22 m awayRef 2019331901013
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 27 January 2000
40 m awayRef 2000330000764
Serious
Car crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 11 February 1989
50 m awayRef 19893389C0049
Serious
Car crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 25 May 1988
60 m awayRef 19883388C0135
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 18 May 1990
60 m awayRef 1990339003699
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1997339705324 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 1997.