Serious A6004 crash in Charnwood on 21 April 2015 at 16:10 involving a Ford Focus
A car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A6004 in Charnwood at 16:10 on Tuesday 21 April 2015. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Apr 2015
- Tuesday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77503, longitude -1.22635, in the LE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loughborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loughborough Storer, Charnwood, LE11 5DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015331500598
- Council area
- Charnwood
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6004
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 December 1997.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A6004 in Charnwood, 31 December 1997
10 m awayRef 1997339710075
Slight
Car crash on the A6004 in Charnwood, 27 November 2014
13 m awayRef 2014331402274
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A6004 in Charnwood, 1 August 1994
18 m awayRef 1994339405567
Slight
Car crash on the A6004 in Charnwood, 6 March 1982
19 m awayRef 19823382N0120
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A6004 in Charnwood, 24 February 2004
54 m awayRef 2004330401382
Slight
Car crash on the A6004 in Charnwood, 24 September 1984
60 m awayRef 19843384N0611
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2015331500598 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 2015.