A5 crash in Harborough on 15 July 2018 at 22:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A5 in Harborough at 22:30 on Sunday 15 July 2018. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus, a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus and a 3-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2018
- Sunday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47968, longitude -1.28693, in the LE17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Harborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018331800869
- Council area
- Harborough
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2013.
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the A5 in Harborough, 1 October 2013
2 m awayRef 2013331301721
Serious
Volvo XC90 crash on the A5 in Harborough, 17 December 2012
2 m awayRef 2012331206641
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A5 in Harborough, 20 July 2019
4 m awayRef 2019331900679
Slight
Fiat Marea crash on the A5 in Harborough, 18 November 2014
5 m awayRef 2014331402198
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A5 in Harborough, 10 October 2011
5 m awayRef 2011331105768
Slight
Honda Concerto crash on the A5 in Harborough, 27 August 2003
5 m awayRef 2003330306504
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2018331800869 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 2018.