A426 crash in Blaby on 23 November 2013 at 16:20 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a car were involved in a crash on the A426 in Blaby at 16:20 on Saturday 23 November 2013. The 38-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 307 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Nov 2013
- Saturday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58352, longitude -1.16268, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glen Parva, Blaby, LE2 9PU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013331302153
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 426
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 January 1981.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A426 in Blaby, 22 January 1981
5 m awayRef 19813381S0074
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A426 in Blaby, 19 July 2001
5 m awayRef 2001330105647
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A426 in Blaby, 1 June 1990
15 m awayRef 1990339003984
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A426 in Blaby, 5 February 1991
15 m awayRef 1991339101130
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the A426 in Blaby, 17 July 1998
15 m awayRef 1998339805327
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A426 in Blaby, 18 September 1990
15 m awayRef 1990339006642
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
- 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 2013331302153 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 2013.