B4666 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 27 December 2001 at 14:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen Synergie were involved in a crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 14:45 on Thursday 27 December 2001. The 36-year-old female driver of the Citroen Synergie and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Synergie were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2001
- Thursday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Citroen Synergie
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53703, longitude -1.38752, in the LE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hinckley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hinckley Clarendon, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE10 0NZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001330110356
- Council area
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4666
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 1996.
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 31 July 1996
At the same spotRef 1996339605572
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 20 December 2015
At the same spotRef 2015331505809
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 1 October 2004
At the same spotRef 2004330407361
Slight
Car crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 2 December 2008
At the same spotRef 2008330807996
Slight
Keeway TX 125 crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 17 November 2017
2 m awayRef 2017331701672
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 3 October 2014
5 m awayRef 2014331401875
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Synergie
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Synergie)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Synergie)
- 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 2001330110356 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 2001.