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A47 crash in Blaby on 1 December 2001 at 10:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on the A47 in Blaby at 10:30 on Saturday 1 December 2001. The 67-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 65-year-old male driver of the Volvo V40 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 2001
Saturday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volvo V40
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62494, longitude -1.21832, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe, Blaby, LE3 3GQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001330109507
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)

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 2001330109507 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.