C road crash in Charnwood LE7 on 9 December 2015 at 18:38 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on a C road in Charnwood at 18:38 on Wednesday 9 December 2015. A 42-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 18:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68985, longitude -1.08999, in the LE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Syston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thurmaston, Charnwood, LE4 8GP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015331502071
- Council area
- Charnwood
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 1991.
Slight
Jaguar Sovereign crash on the B6670 in Charnwood, 16 September 1991
4 m awayRef 1991339106450
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on a C road in Charnwood, 14 April 2015
7 m awayRef 2015331500575
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 15 March 1980
10 m awayRef 19803380E0206
Slight
Car crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 28 February 1989
14 m awayRef 19893389S0069
Serious
Van crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 17 December 1991
14 m awayRef 1991339109167
Slight
Lorry crash on the A607 in Charnwood, 18 May 1989
14 m awayRef 19893389S0170
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2015331502071 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.