Serious C road crash in North West Leicestershire DE12 on 19 August 2012 at 12:06 involving a John Deere agricultural vehicle
Five vehicles, including a John Deere agricultural vehicle and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire at 12:06 on Sunday 19 August 2012. A 3-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 207 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Aug 2012
- Sunday, 12:06
- Vehicles
- 5
- John Deere and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7378, longitude -1.5323, in the DE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Moira.
Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012331205744
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 13 March 1984
5 m awayRef 19843384N0172
Slight
Car crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 20 December 1979
5 m awayRef 19793379N0804
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 4 March 1982
5 m awayRef 19823382N0126
Serious
Renault crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 30 January 1998
11 m awayRef 1998339800766
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B5003 in North West Leicestershire, 2 January 1981
18 m awayRef 19813381N0004
Slight
Rover 25 crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire, 3 June 2012
18 m awayRef 2012331205472
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: John Deere
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 207)
- 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 2012331205744 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 2012.