B568 crash in Leicester on 25 June 2014 at 22:50 involving an MCC Smart
A car and an MCC Smart were involved in a crash on the B568 in Leicester at 22:50 on Wednesday 25 June 2014. A 39-year-old male passenger in the car and the 47-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2014
- Wednesday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and MCC Smart
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62318, longitude -1.1148, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoneygate, Leicester, LE2 1GB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leicester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014331401173
- Council area
- Leicester
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 568
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in Leicester, 7 September 1984
5 m awayRef 19843384C0414
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B568 in Leicester, 28 October 1996
5 m awayRef 1996339608038
Serious
Car crash on the B568 in Leicester, 17 June 1986
5 m awayRef 19863386C0274
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A6 in Leicester, 26 February 1988
5 m awayRef 19883388A0084
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6 in Leicester, 17 July 1999
5 m awayRef 1999339905491
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A6 in Leicester, 27 September 2013
5 m awayRef 2013331301701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: MCC Smart
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 698 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2014331401173 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 2014.