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A563 crash in Leicester on 3 September 2001 at 16:40 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323 and a Citroen C15 were involved in a crash on the A563 in Leicester at 16:40 on Monday 3 September 2001. The 34-year-old female driver of the Mazda 323 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Sep 2001
Monday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Mazda 323 and Citroen C15
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60301, longitude -1.10383, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knighton, Leicester, LE2 3WL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001330106809
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
563
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C15

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)

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 2001330106809 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.