A6030 crash in Leicester on 13 February 2015 at 17:28 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6030 in Leicester at 17:28 on Friday 13 February 2015. The 37-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Feb 2015
- Friday, 17:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61567, longitude -1.10153, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knighton, Leicester, LE2 3HP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leicester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015331501156
- Council area
- Leicester
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6030
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A6030 in Leicester, 29 May 1986
3 m awayRef 19863386S0530
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the A6030 in Leicester, 10 October 2003
3 m awayRef 2003330307710
Slight
Car crash on the A6030 in Leicester, 23 September 1988
3 m awayRef 19883388W0342
Serious
Car crash on the A6030 in Leicester, 21 December 1983
3 m awayRef 19833383S1178
Slight
Scooter crash on the A6030 in Leicester, 23 January 1986
3 m awayRef 19863386S0161
Slight
Car crash on the A6030 in Leicester, 26 November 1988
3 m awayRef 19883388W0444
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2015331501156 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 2015.