B4114 crash in Blaby on 26 December 2017 at 00:05 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B4114 in Blaby at 00:05 on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The 56-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59597, longitude -1.18354, in the LE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. 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
- 2017331701545
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4114
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 563
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2009.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 10 December 2009
2 m awayRef 2009330907601
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 15 August 2003
2 m awayRef 2003330306199
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A563 in Blaby, 12 November 1995
8 m awayRef 1995339508087
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 12 June 1996
8 m awayRef 1996339604471
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 7 August 1991
8 m awayRef 1991339105491
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4114 in Blaby, 6 July 1994
8 m awayRef 1994339405080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017331701545 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.