A46 crash in Blaby on 19 August 2017 at 16:45 involving a Kia Pro Ceed
A Kia Pro Ceed and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A46 in Blaby at 16:45 on Saturday 19 August 2017. An 8-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf, a 15-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 73-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 2017
- Saturday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Pro Ceed and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60034, longitude -1.19379, in the LE19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Enderby, Blaby, LE19 1SZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017331701067
- 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
- 46
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5460
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2004.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A5460 in Blaby, 6 October 2004
4 m awayRef 2004330407526
Slight
Car crash on the A46 in Blaby, 17 November 1979
4 m awayRef 19793379S1054
Slight
Toyota Hiace crash on the A46 in Blaby, 2 December 2003
4 m awayRef 2003330309470
Slight
Lorry crash on the A46 in Blaby, 27 October 1983
6 m awayRef 19833383S0955
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A46 in Blaby, 11 June 2003
6 m awayRef 2003330304447
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A5460 in Blaby, 23 February 2000
6 m awayRef 2000330001494
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Pro Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017331701067 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 2017.