Serious A47 crash in Blaby on 22 June 2012 at 16:20 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A47 in Blaby at 16:20 on Friday 22 June 2012. The 47-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Jun 2012
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60246, longitude -1.27395, in the LE9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012331205400
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 47
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2015.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A47 in Blaby, 16 September 2015
5 m awayRef 2015331501537
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A47 in Blaby, 6 September 2018
7 m awayRef 2018331801465
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A47 in Blaby, 19 December 2001
10 m awayRef 2001330110179
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A47 in Blaby, 10 August 2006
10 m awayRef 2006330605527
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A47 in Blaby, 25 October 1997
10 m awayRef 1997339707819
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A47 in Blaby, 16 March 2005
10 m awayRef 2005330502039
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2012331205400 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.