B5418 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 27 December 2012 at 18:22 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B5418 in Oadby and Wigston at 18:22 on Thursday 27 December 2012. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 18:22
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58976, longitude -1.11776, in the LE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wigston Fields, Oadby and Wigston, LE18 2EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012331206693
- Council area
- Oadby and Wigston
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5418
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall crash on the B5418 in Oadby and Wigston, 1 December 2022
3 m awayRef 2022332201042
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5418 in Oadby and Wigston, 1 March 2024
6 m awayRef 2024332400195
Slight
Van crash on the B5418 in Oadby and Wigston, 14 February 1981
7 m awayRef 19813381S0149
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5418 in Oadby and Wigston, 17 August 1995
7 m awayRef 1995339505594
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B5418 in Oadby and Wigston, 17 February 2004
7 m awayRef 2004330401401
Slight
Car crash on the B5418 in Oadby and Wigston, 11 July 2002
7 m awayRef 2002330205196
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2012331206693 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 2012.