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A50 crash in Leicester on 14 December 2001 at 21:35 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 and a Daihatsu Terios were involved in a crash on the A50 in Leicester at 21:35 on Friday 14 December 2001. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Daihatsu Terios was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2001
Friday, 21:35
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and Daihatsu Terios
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65004, longitude -1.16791, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE3 9BA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001330109978
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Terios

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Terios)

    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 2001330109978 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.