A6 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 1 April 2011 at 11:40 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston at 11:40 on Friday 1 April 2011. The 18-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2011
- Friday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR125R and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58975, longitude -1.0641, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oadby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oadby Woodlands, Oadby and Wigston, LE2 4RU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011331101768
- Council area
- Oadby and Wigston
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 2011.
Slight
Nissan Primastar crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 18 May 2011
At the same spotRef 2011331102722
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 31 August 1999
At the same spotRef 1999339906676
Slight
Honda CG125B crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 9 July 2002
10 m awayRef 2002330205177
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 28 October 2015
14 m awayRef 2015331505442
Slight
Audi TT crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 11 November 2011
20 m awayRef 2011331106385
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 10 March 1981
22 m awayRef 19813381S0233
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
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 2011331101768 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 2011.