M1 crash in Harborough on 25 November 2012 at 18:08 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the M1 in Harborough at 18:08 on Sunday 25 November 2012. The 37-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2012
- Sunday, 18:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43706, longitude -1.19355, in the LE17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Harborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012331206480
- Council area
- Harborough
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 February 2016.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the M1 in Harborough, 29 February 2016
22 m awayRef 2016331600367
Slight
Scania crash on the M1 in Harborough, 21 August 1992
32 m awayRef 1992339205691
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the M1 in Harborough, 6 September 2009
42 m awayRef 2009330905262
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M1 in Harborough, 29 June 1996
45 m awayRef 1996339605029
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M1 in Harborough, 23 October 1998
45 m awayRef 1998339808341
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M1 in Harborough, 12 June 1993
45 m awayRef 1993339304152
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 2012331206480 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 2012.