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B5418 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 4 May 2017 at 13:15 involving a mobility scooter

A mobility scooter hit two pedestrians on the B5418 in Oadby and Wigston at 13:15 on Thursday 4 May 2017. A 73-year-old female pedestrian and a 75-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 2017
Thursday, 13:15
Vehicles
1
Mobility scooter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58461, longitude -1.10357, in the LE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wigston All Saints, Oadby and Wigston, LE18 2AH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017331700534
Council area
Oadby and Wigston
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5418
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5199

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Mobility scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Mobility scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017331700534 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 2017.