A563 crash in Blaby on 15 June 2004 at 17:30 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Fiat Brava were involved in a crash on the A563 in Blaby at 17:30 on Tuesday 15 June 2004. The 59-year-old male driver of the Fiat Brava and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Brava were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2004
- Tuesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Fiat Brava
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59471, longitude -1.17413, in the LE19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Enderby, Blaby, LE3 2LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004330404482
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 1998.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A563 in Blaby, 10 April 1998
At the same spotRef 1998339802685
Serious
Austin Montego crash on the A563 in Blaby, 9 August 1992
14 m awayRef 1992339205291
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A563 in Blaby, 13 August 1992
32 m awayRef 1992339205505
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A563 in Blaby, 18 May 2014
50 m awayRef 2014331400888
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A563 in Blaby, 28 January 2025
54 m awayRef 2025332500102
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A563 in Blaby, 1 February 2010
58 m awayRef 2010331000575
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Brava
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)
- 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 2004330404482 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 2004.