Fatal B4114 crash in Blaby on 9 February 2007 at 19:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra van
A Vauxhall Astra van and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B4114 in Blaby at 19:40 on Friday 9 February 2007. The 26-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 9 Feb 2007
- Friday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56963, longitude -1.21503, in the LE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Narborough and Enderby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Narborough & Littlethorpe, Blaby, LE19 2AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007330700980
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4114
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2016.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 30 September 2016
15 m awayRef 2016331601623
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 14 August 2019
28 m awayRef 2019331900794
Serious
Car crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 11 May 1987
28 m awayRef 19873387S0348
Slight
Van crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 21 May 1980
28 m awayRef 19803380S0398
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 23 December 1997
36 m awayRef 1997339709965
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 2 October 2019
36 m awayRef 2019331900958
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
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 2007330700980 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 2007.