C road crash in North West Leicestershire DE12 on 26 November 2001 at 07:45 involving a Peugeot 405
A Peugeot 405 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire at 07:45 on Monday 26 November 2001. The 19-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2001
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 405 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70928, longitude -1.50352, in the DE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Measham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Measham North, North West Leicestershire, DE12 7JH 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
- 2001330109400
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- 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
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 586
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)
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 2001330109400 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.