B5324 crash in North West Leicestershire on 8 May 2017 at 11:00 involving a Kia Sportage
A Kia Sportage and two bicycles were involved in a crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire at 11:00 on Monday 8 May 2017. The 36-year-old male cyclist and the 18-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2017
- Monday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kia Sportage and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77944, longitude -1.34059, in the LE12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017331700528
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5324
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 26 April 2018
1 m awayRef 2018331800421
Slight
Tesla Model 3 crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 2 April 2025
1 m awayRef 2025332500305
Fatal
MAN crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 16 April 2013
2 m awayRef 2013331300530
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 20 May 1996
4 m awayRef 1996339603699
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 30 March 1999
4 m awayRef 1999339902453
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire, 9 February 1991
4 m awayRef 1991339101265
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 18, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017331700528 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 2017.