A563 crash in Blaby on 2 November 2005 at 18:00 involving a Renault Espace
A Renault Espace and a car were involved in a crash on the A563 in Blaby at 18:00 on Wednesday 2 November 2005. The 45-year-old female driver of the Renault Espace and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Renault Espace were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2005
- Wednesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Espace and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61764, longitude -1.18832, in the LE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe Astley & St Mary's, Blaby, LE3 3TT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005330508489
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 563
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 1996.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A563 in Blaby, 28 March 1996
At the same spotRef 1996339602559
Slight
Tesla Model 3 crash on the A563 in Blaby, 4 June 2025
7 m awayRef 2025332500548
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A563 in Blaby, 6 February 1991
10 m awayRef 1991339101152
Slight
Car crash on the A563 in Blaby, 8 October 2006
10 m awayRef 2006330607183
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A563 in Blaby, 15 January 2003
10 m awayRef 2003330300406
Slight
Car crash on the A563 in Blaby, 26 October 2008
10 m awayRef 2008330806945
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Espace)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Espace)
- 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 2005330508489 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 2005.