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A511 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 22 August 2015 at 12:45 involving a Suzuki Swift

A Suzuki Swift and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A511 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 12:45 on Saturday 22 August 2015. The 17-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Aug 2015
Saturday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Swift and Honda Civic
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7002, longitude -1.30401, in the LE67 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE67 9PP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015331501302
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,204 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)

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 2015331501302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 2015.