M69 crash in Blaby on 14 July 2016 at 17:58 involving a car
A car, a taxi and a minibus were involved in a crash on the M69 in Blaby at 17:58 on Thursday 14 July 2016. The 48-year-old male driver of the car and a male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 17:58
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59664, longitude -1.21478, in the LE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Narborough and Enderby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Enderby, Blaby, LE19 4AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016331601153
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 69
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2020.
Slight
Car crash on the M69 in Blaby, 18 February 2020
58 m awayRef 2020332001176
Slight
Scania crash on the M69 in Blaby, 18 December 2017
62 m awayRef 2017331705122
Fatal
Car crash on the M69 in Blaby, 20 June 1985
64 m awayRef 19853385S0495
Slight
Lorry crash on the M69 in Blaby, 27 July 1987
94 m awayRef 19873387S0583
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M69 in Blaby, 13 February 1991
157 m awayRef 1991339101318
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M69 in Blaby, 18 May 1995
158 m awayRef 1995339503368
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 3: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016331601153 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 2016.