Serious A46 crash in Charnwood on 29 June 2018 at 12:07 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry, a Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A46 in Charnwood at 12:07 on Friday 29 June 2018. The 60-year-old male driver of the Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Jun 2018
- Friday, 12:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.78089, longitude -1.04692, in the LE14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wreake Valley, Charnwood, LE14 3PD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018331800668
- Council area
- Charnwood
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2014.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A46 in Charnwood, 9 July 2014
9 m awayRef 2014331401244
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A46 in Charnwood, 28 May 1979
11 m awayRef 19793379E0390
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A46 in Charnwood, 1 December 2012
29 m awayRef 2012331206522
Fatal
Audi A4 crash on the A46 in Charnwood, 16 March 2011
29 m awayRef 2011331101443
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the A46 in Charnwood, 17 January 2000
34 m awayRef 2000330000638
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A46 in Charnwood, 14 March 2022
36 m awayRef 2022332200385
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,809 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Massey Ferguson
Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 60, agricultural vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Massey Ferguson)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018331800668 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 2018.