A5199 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 22 October 2017 at 00:49 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Vauxhall Insignia taxi were involved in a crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston at 00:49 on Sunday 22 October 2017. The 17-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206, an 18-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 206 and the 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Oct 2017
- Sunday, 00:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59221, longitude -1.1078, 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
- 2017331701348
- Council area
- Oadby and Wigston
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5199
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2013.
Slight
Citroen C2 crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston, 8 November 2013
1 m awayRef 2013331302061
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston, 30 June 2024
1 m awayRef 2024332400616
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston, 13 December 2016
2 m awayRef 2016331602244
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston, 29 April 2016
3 m awayRef 2016331600698
Slight
Car crash on the A5199 in Oadby and Wigston, 25 August 1999
4 m awayRef 1999339907313
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A50 in Oadby and Wigston, 27 October 1981
4 m awayRef 19813381S1012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017331701348 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.