B582 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 22 July 2015 at 14:22 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a car were involved in a crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston at 14:22 on Wednesday 22 July 2015. The 33-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2015
- Wednesday, 14:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61469, longitude -1.08064, in the LE2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Evington, Leicester, LE5 6EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015331501092
- 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
- 582
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 1994.
Serious
Vauxhall Astravan crash on a C road in Oadby and Wigston, 12 November 1994
30 m awayRef 1994339408712
Fatal
Honda Civic crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 9 August 2018
38 m awayRef 2018331801136
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 7 November 2004
44 m awayRef 2004330408481
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Oadby and Wigston, 23 July 1984
45 m awayRef 19843384S0663
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 3 July 2009
57 m awayRef 2009330903914
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Oadby and Wigston, 24 May 1996
70 m awayRef 1996339603893
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 2015331501092 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.