Serious A50 crash in Leicester on 17 December 2017 at 21:45 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A50 in Leicester at 21:45 on Sunday 17 December 2017. The 66-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was seriously injured and the 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65012, longitude -1.16793, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE3 9BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leicester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017331701667
- Council area
- Leicester
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 50
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Fine, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2017.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A50 in Leicester, 13 July 2017
3 m awayRef 2017331701043
Slight
Car crash on the A50 in Leicester, 17 December 2001
3 m awayRef 2001330110149
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 65CF crash on the A50 in Leicester, 11 January 2006
3 m awayRef 2006330600479
Serious
Car crash on the A50 in Leicester, 6 January 1980
3 m awayRef 19803380E0035
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A50 in Leicester, 16 November 2015
3 m awayRef 2015331501939
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A50 in Leicester, 14 December 2001
3 m awayRef 2001330109978
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017331701667 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 2017.