A6 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 20 September 2019 at 08:39 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston at 08:39 on Friday 20 September 2019. A female passenger in the Toyota Auris and a female passenger in the Toyota Auris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2019
- Friday, 08:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59289, longitude -1.06787, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oadby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oadby Woodlands, Oadby and Wigston, LE2 4RU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019331900982
- Council area
- Oadby and Wigston
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 1996.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 9 February 1996
At the same spotRef 1996339601104
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 26 August 2008
10 m awayRef 2008330805464
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 22 November 1984
10 m awayRef 19843384S1141
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 8 August 1979
10 m awayRef 19793379S0638
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 28 April 2011
14 m awayRef 2011331102360
Slight
Pulse XF 125 crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston, 30 April 2015
16 m awayRef 2015331500651
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2019331900982 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 2019.