C road crash in Blaby LE3 on 16 May 2001 at 15:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on a C road in Blaby at 15:40 on Wednesday 16 May 2001. The 39-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2001
- Wednesday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65581, longitude -1.19619, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glenfield Ellis, Blaby, LE3 8GJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001330104062
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 April 2017.
Serious
Van crash on a C road in Blaby, 1 April 2017
4 m awayRef 2017331700356
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on a C road in Blaby, 25 April 2013
16 m awayRef 2013331300650
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on a C road in Blaby, 2 February 2015
18 m awayRef 2015331500165
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on a C road in Blaby, 12 January 2003
22 m awayRef 2003330300306
Slight
Bus crash on a C road in Blaby, 9 September 1985
22 m awayRef 19853385E0684
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Blaby, 27 February 1985
22 m awayRef 19853385E0144
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2001330104062 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 2001.