B582 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 21 November 2017 at 10:45 involving a BMW X5
A BMW X5 and a Mercedes were involved in a crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston at 10:45 on Tuesday 21 November 2017. A 43-year-old male pedestrian hit by the BMW X5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2017
- Tuesday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X5 and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60604, longitude -1.07379, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oadby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oadby Grange, Oadby and Wigston, LE2 2GP 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
- 2017331701557
- 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
- 582
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 3 January 2001
10 m awayRef 2001330100049
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B667 in Oadby and Wigston, 2 December 1983
16 m awayRef 19833383S1081
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 11 June 2006
28 m awayRef 2006330604021
Serious
Car crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 28 September 2011
30 m awayRef 2011331105524
Serious
Car crash on the B667 in Oadby and Wigston, 10 October 1983
34 m awayRef 19833383S0884
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B667 in Oadby and Wigston, 6 June 1986
38 m awayRef 19863386S0566
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017331701557 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.