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A47 crash in Blaby on 17 December 2018 at 07:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A47 in Blaby at 07:00 on Monday 17 December 2018. The 30-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2018
Monday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62505, longitude -1.2135, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe, Blaby, LE3 3GQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018331801338
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2018331801338 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.