A511 crash in North West Leicestershire on 18 February 2015 at 19:40 involving a Subaru Impreza
A Subaru Impreza and a car were involved in a crash on the A511 in North West Leicestershire at 19:40 on Wednesday 18 February 2015. The 25-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza and the 45-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2015
- Wednesday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Subaru Impreza and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.72197, longitude -1.35534, in the LE67 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coalville. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coalville West, North West Leicestershire, LE67 3JP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015331500197
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 511
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2008.
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the A511 in North West Leicestershire, 13 April 2008
2 m awayRef 2008330802429
Slight
Car crash on the A50 in North West Leicestershire, 28 September 1988
2 m awayRef 19883388C0271
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A511 in North West Leicestershire, 6 September 2006
2 m awayRef 2006330606897
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A50 in North West Leicestershire, 21 February 1991
2 m awayRef 1991339101560
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A511 in North West Leicestershire, 29 November 2008
2 m awayRef 2008330807853
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A511 in North West Leicestershire, 15 September 2007
2 m awayRef 2007330706430
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2015331500197 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 2015.