A607 crash in Charnwood on 20 November 2002 at 08:38 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A607 in Charnwood at 08:38 on Wednesday 20 November 2002. The 34-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 406 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
- 20 Nov 2002
- Wednesday, 08:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71062, longitude -1.06847, in the LE7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002330209158
- Council area
- Charnwood
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 607
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 30 April 2025
14 m awayRef 2025332500433
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 25 September 2018
19 m awayRef 2018331801021
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 26 February 2007
20 m awayRef 2007330701470
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 18 February 2009
32 m awayRef 2009330901143
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 7 December 2017
37 m awayRef 2017331701507
Serious
MAN crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 5 May 2022
40 m awayRef 2022332200734
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,043 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
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 2002330209158 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 2002.