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C road crash in Oadby and Wigston LE18 on 17 January 2008 at 20:15 involving a Rover 25

A Rover 25 hit a pedestrian on a C road in Oadby and Wigston at 20:15 on Thursday 17 January 2008. A female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 2008
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
Rover 25
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57535, longitude -1.13214, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008330800342
Council area
Oadby and Wigston
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Authorised person
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
Wet or damp

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 21 October 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 25)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 2008330800342 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 2008.