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A6 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 17 December 2003 at 10:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston at 10:00 on Wednesday 17 December 2003. The 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 89-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59166, longitude -1.06642, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oadby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oadby Woodlands, Oadby and Wigston, LE2 4RU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003330310091
Council area
Oadby and Wigston
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 11 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    89 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 2003330310091 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 2003.