A6 crash in Harborough on 30 November 2012 at 16:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A6 in Harborough at 16:30 on Friday 30 November 2012. The 41-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2012
- Friday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5708, longitude -1.03861, in the LE8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Harborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012331206504
- Council area
- Harborough
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2011.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A6 in Harborough, 23 May 2011
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Nissan Almera crash on the A6 in Harborough, 18 July 2008
25 m awayRef 2008330804695
Serious
Kawasaki ZX636 crash on the A6 in Harborough, 30 April 2005
38 m awayRef 2005330503096
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A6 in Harborough, 27 February 2025
45 m awayRef 2025332500198
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A6 in Harborough, 19 February 2005
51 m awayRef 2005330501295
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in Harborough, 13 November 2003
65 m awayRef 2003330308776
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2012331206504 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.