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A6 crash in Leicester on 3 October 2016 at 18:30 involving a BMW 1 Series

A BMW 1 Series and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A6 in Leicester at 18:30 on Monday 3 October 2016. The 21-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 2016
Monday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
BMW 1 Series and Audi A3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64031, longitude -1.13711, in the LE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fosse, Leicester, LE4 0AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016331601637
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

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 2016331601637 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 2016.