M69 crash in Blaby on 28 September 2018 at 16:20 involving a Volkswagen Urban
A lorry, a Volkswagen Urban and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M69 in Blaby at 16:20 on Friday 28 September 2018. The 28-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Urban and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Urban were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 2018
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Urban and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59954, longitude -1.21043, in the LE19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Blaby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018331801092
- Council area
- Blaby
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 69
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2018.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M69 in Blaby, 14 December 2018
21 m awayRef 2018331802054
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the M69 in Blaby, 5 November 2010
35 m awayRef 2010331006430
Slight
Suzuki crash on the M69 in Blaby, 27 November 2012
46 m awayRef 2012331206523
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the M69 in Blaby, 2 October 2010
57 m awayRef 2010331005698
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M69 in Blaby, 28 August 1991
79 m awayRef 1991339106127
Slight
Proton Satria crash on the M69 in Blaby, 18 June 2004
79 m awayRef 2004330404548
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 64 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Urban
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Urban)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Urban)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018331801092 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 2018.