A5199 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 5 January 2012 at 08:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4, a Mazda 2 and a car were involved in a crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston at 08:30 on Thursday 5 January 2012. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mazda 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2012
- Thursday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57795, longitude -1.10088, in the LE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wigston Meadowcourt, Oadby and Wigston, LE18 3LF 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
- 2012331200057
- 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
- 5199
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 March 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A50 in Oadby and Wigston, 5 March 1982
7 m awayRef 19823382S0157
Slight
Nissan Maxima crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston, 21 June 2009
7 m awayRef 2009330903662
Slight
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A50 in Oadby and Wigston, 27 June 1993
7 m awayRef 1993339304546
Slight
Car crash on the A50 in Oadby and Wigston, 28 February 1980
16 m awayRef 19803380S0170
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston, 29 November 2000
16 m awayRef 2000330009294
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston, 22 October 2001
47 m awayRef 2001330108256
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 2)
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 2012331200057 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 2012.