Serious B5324 crash in North West Leicestershire on 6 December 2010 at 13:43 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire at 13:43 on Monday 6 December 2010. A 3-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was seriously injured and the 68-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Dec 2010
- Monday, 13:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77942, longitude -1.34068, in the LE12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010331007149
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5324
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 17 January 2017
1 m awayRef 2017331700080
Fatal
MAN crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 16 April 2013
5 m awayRef 2013331300530
Slight
Tesla Model 3 crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 2 April 2025
5 m awayRef 2025332500305
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 8 May 2017
6 m awayRef 2017331700528
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 26 April 2018
7 m awayRef 2018331800421
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 20 August 2007
10 m awayRef 2007330705737
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2010331007149 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 2010.