Serious A47 crash in Blaby on 2 September 2016 at 06:40 involving a Honda Jazz
Five vehicles, including a Honda Jazz and two cars, were involved in a crash on the A47 in Blaby at 06:40 on Friday 2 September 2016. The 25-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Sep 2016
- Friday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 5
- Honda Jazz and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61313, longitude -1.25472, in the LE9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirby Muxloe, Blaby, LE9 9JE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016331601479
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 47
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2001.
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A47 in Blaby, 19 June 2001
At the same spotRef 2001330104839
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A47 in Blaby, 3 November 1995
At the same spotRef 1995339507823
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A47 in Blaby, 17 July 1999
At the same spotRef 1999339905464
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A47 in Blaby, 10 March 2003
At the same spotRef 2003330302038
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A47 in Blaby, 15 October 2025
5 m awayRef 2025332500984
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A47 in Blaby, 24 November 2012
7 m awayRef 2012331206446
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 5: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016331601479 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.