Serious B5366 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 10 March 2015 at 16:14 involving a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle
A Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle, a Peugeot 406 and a van were involved in a crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston at 16:14 on Tuesday 10 March 2015. The 21-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Mar 2015
- Tuesday, 16:14
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot Speedfight and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58148, longitude -1.13698, in the LE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigston. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Wigston, Oadby and Wigston, LE18 4SZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015331500350
- Council area
- Oadby and Wigston
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5366
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2013.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 26 July 2013
5 m awayRef 2013331301270
Slight
Car crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 16 March 1987
6 m awayRef 19873387S0182
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 13 December 1982
6 m awayRef 19823382S1076
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 23 May 2001
6 m awayRef 2001330104084
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 5 May 1987
16 m awayRef 19873387S0332
Slight
Lorry crash on the B5366 in Oadby and Wigston, 30 April 1996
16 m awayRef 1996339603198
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Speedfight
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)
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 2015331500350 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 2015.