B4669 crash in Blaby on 31 December 2016 at 09:25 involving a BMW M3
A BMW M3 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B4669 in Blaby at 09:25 on Saturday 31 December 2016. The 62-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 09:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW M3 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5382, longitude -1.29687, in the LE9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016331602249
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4669
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2012.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4669 in Blaby, 26 July 2012
2 m awayRef 2012331205620
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4669 in Blaby, 1 March 2012
2 m awayRef 2012331201175
Slight
Car crash on the B4669 in Blaby, 1 June 2008
5 m awayRef 2008330803709
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B4669 in Blaby, 6 July 2013
5 m awayRef 2013331301157
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4669 in Blaby, 11 December 2002
7 m awayRef 2002330210169
Slight
Car crash on the B4069 in Blaby, 4 April 1982
7 m awayRef 19823382S0250
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW M3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 3,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2016331602249 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.