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C road crash in Leicester LE4 on 7 May 2001 at 14:00 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on a C road in Leicester at 14:00 on Monday 7 May 2001. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 May 2001
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64728, longitude -1.14638, in the LE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fosse, Leicester, LE4 0AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001330103731
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5327

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 2001330103731 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 2001.