M1 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 22 December 2014 at 08:20 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a Mazda 5 were involved in a crash on the M1 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 08:20 on Monday 22 December 2014. The 27-year-old female driver of the Mazda 5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2014
- Monday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and Mazda 5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69521, longitude -1.29324, in the LE67 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE67 9PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014331402391
- Council area
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 50
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2015.
Slight
Volvo crash on the M1 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 3 June 2015
2 m awayRef 2015331500870
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the M1 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 14 June 2014
3 m awayRef 2014331401070
Slight
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the M1 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 28 March 2012
3 m awayRef 2012331201739
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 5 June 2009
4 m awayRef 2009330903448
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 27 February 2015
6 m awayRef 2015331500279
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A511 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 21 March 2002
6 m awayRef 2002330202325
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 5)
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 2014331402391 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 2014.