B667 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 4 May 2001 at 19:30 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and a Kia Pride were involved in a crash on the B667 in Oadby and Wigston at 19:30 on Friday 4 May 2001. The 40-year-old male driver of the Kia Pride was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2001
- Friday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and Kia Pride
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61357, longitude -1.07496, in the LE2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oadby Grange, Oadby and Wigston, LE2 2GP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001330103712
- Council area
- Oadby and Wigston
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 667
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2006.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 12 January 2006
At the same spotRef 2006330600285
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B667 in Oadby and Wigston, 4 May 1999
At the same spotRef 1999339903433
Slight
Renault 18 crash on the B667 in Oadby and Wigston, 24 December 1991
At the same spotRef 1991339109350
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B667 in Oadby and Wigston, 29 September 1991
At the same spotRef 1991339106769
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 12 December 2013
5 m awayRef 2013331302264
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 10 June 2016
5 m awayRef 2016331600975
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,489 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Pride
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,324 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Pride)
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 2001330103712 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 2001.