B5366 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 14 March 2012 at 12:50 involving a Citroen Xsara
A car and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston at 12:50 on Wednesday 14 March 2012. The 38-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2012
- Wednesday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5838, longitude -1.13861, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012331201709
- Council area
- Oadby and Wigston
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5366
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 August 1983.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 3 August 1983
5 m awayRef 19833383S0668
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 11 March 2008
5 m awayRef 2008330801869
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 17 March 1996
5 m awayRef 1996339602046
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 6 September 1988
5 m awayRef 19883388W0322
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 25 March 1994
15 m awayRef 1994339402489
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 4 April 1998
15 m awayRef 1998339802566
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
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 2012331201709 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.