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Unclassified road crash in Leicester LE5 on 9 March 2018 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leicester at 18:30 on Friday 9 March 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 2018
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Skoda Octavia
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64783, longitude -1.07918, in the LE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Humberstone & Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 0TF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018331800262
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 23 March 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2018331800262 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 2018.