Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in Oadby and Wigston LE18 on 3 November 2004 at 08:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Oadby and Wigston at 08:40 on Wednesday 3 November 2004. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Nov 2004
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58358, longitude -1.1398, in the LE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigston. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Wigston, Oadby and Wigston, LE18 4SZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004330408486
Council area
Oadby and Wigston
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)

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 2004330408486 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 2004.