B568 crash in Leicester on 11 September 2012 at 13:10 involving a Subaru Impreza
A Subaru Impreza and an Alfa Romeo 156 were involved in a crash on the B568 in Leicester at 13:10 on Tuesday 11 September 2012. The 53-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza 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
- 11 Sep 2012
- Tuesday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Subaru Impreza and Alfa Romeo 156
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61798, longitude -1.12243, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.
Map of where the crash happened in Leicester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012331206209
- Council area
- Leicester
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 568
- 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
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 2023.
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the B568 in Leicester, 27 March 2023
7 m awayRef 2023332300214
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6416 in Leicester, 11 December 2007
10 m awayRef 2007330708793
Slight
Car crash on the B568 in Leicester, 15 July 1984
10 m awayRef 19843384C0318
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B568 in Leicester, 24 January 1996
10 m awayRef 1996339600575
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B568 in Leicester, 22 February 2006
14 m awayRef 2006330601290
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B568 in Leicester, 11 May 2012
22 m awayRef 2012331205112
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 156
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)
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 2012331206209 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 2012.