A4304 crash in Harborough on 17 December 2013 at 17:46 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4304 in Harborough at 17:46 on Tuesday 17 December 2013. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2013
- Tuesday, 17:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48372, longitude -0.89847, in the LE16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Market Harborough.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013331302297
- 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
- 4304
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 1997.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4304 in Harborough, 2 December 1997
5 m awayRef 1997339709161
Slight
Talbot Horizon crash on the A4304 in Harborough, 19 June 1997
49 m awayRef 1997339704409
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A427 in Harborough, 16 March 1994
85 m awayRef 1994339402151
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A4304 in Harborough, 3 June 1998
99 m awayRef 1998339804113
Fatal
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A4304 in Harborough, 23 August 1996
99 m awayRef 1996339606202
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A427 in Harborough, 27 May 1993
99 m awayRef 1993339303783
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2013331302297 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 2013.