A444 crash in North West Leicestershire on 29 September 2001 at 09:35 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205 crashed on the A444 in North West Leicestershire at 09:35 on Saturday 29 September 2001. The 36-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2001
- Saturday, 09:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 205
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71408, longitude -1.55765, in the DE12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe, North West Leicestershire, DE12 8AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001330107553
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 444
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2007.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A444 in North West Leicestershire, 4 August 2007
28 m awayRef 2007330705675
Fatal
Car crash on the A444 in North West Leicestershire, 31 January 1989
42 m awayRef 19893389C0035
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A444 in North West Leicestershire, 4 February 1993
64 m awayRef 1993339301092
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire, 3 May 2013
87 m awayRef 2013331300708
Slight
Yamaha XC 125 crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire, 22 August 2014
87 m awayRef 2014331401601
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire, 13 December 2013
88 m awayRef 2013331302295
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
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 2001330107553 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 2001.