C road crash in Leicester LE1 on 18 June 2001 at 21:43 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on a C road in Leicester at 21:43 on Monday 18 June 2001. The 19-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jun 2001
- Monday, 21:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6383, longitude -1.13488, in the LE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Leicester, LE1 1WA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001330104858
- Council area
- Leicester
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 13 June 2000.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Leicester, 13 June 2000
At the same spotRef 2000330004459
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on a C road in Leicester, 3 January 1995
At the same spotRef 1995339500025
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on a C road in Leicester, 29 August 2016
5 m awayRef 2016331601448
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Leicester, 28 September 2011
10 m awayRef 2011331105542
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Leicester, 30 May 2008
10 m awayRef 2008330803581
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Leicester, 13 June 2011
10 m awayRef 2011331103245
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2001330104858 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.