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A50 crash in Blaby on 27 March 2012 at 06:52 involving a Toyota Prius

A Toyota Prius and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A50 in Blaby at 06:52 on Tuesday 27 March 2012. The 22-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 2012
Tuesday, 06:52
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and Toyota Avensis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66121, longitude -1.20422, in the LE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glenfield Ellis, Blaby, LE3 8GJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012331201723
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
A
Second road number
46

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)

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 2012331201723 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 2012.