A563 crash in Blaby on 15 February 2003 at 08:14 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A563 in Blaby at 08:14 on Saturday 15 February 2003. The 21-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic and the 51-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2003
- Saturday, 08:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59523, longitude -1.1719, in the LE2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Enderby, Blaby, LE3 2LL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003330301321
- 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
- 563
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1992.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A563 in Blaby, 4 July 1992
10 m awayRef 1992339204493
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A563 in Blaby, 15 August 2023
30 m awayRef 2023332300714
Fatal
MG ZR crash on the A563 in Blaby, 12 December 2010
32 m awayRef 2010331007372
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A563 in Blaby, 8 November 2004
73 m awayRef 2004330408550
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A563 in Blaby, 18 January 1992
85 m awayRef 1992339200486
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A563 in Blaby, 21 April 2009
85 m awayRef 2009330902361
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
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 2003330301321 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 2003.