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A563 crash in Leicester on 4 November 2000 at 23:25 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A563 in Leicester at 23:25 on Saturday 4 November 2000. A 66-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 2000
Saturday, 23:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59836, longitude -1.12002, in the LE2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000330008751
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
563
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, 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 2000330008751 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 2000.