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A5 crash in Blaby on 27 November 2019 at 17:37 involving an Audi A5

An Audi A5, an Iveco Eurocargo van and an Audi Q5 were involved in a crash on the A5 in Blaby at 17:37 on Wednesday 27 November 2019. The 54-year-old female driver of the Audi A5 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Nov 2019
Wednesday, 17:37
Vehicles
3
Audi A5 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50136, longitude -1.32404, in the LE10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burbage Sketchley and Stretton, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE10 3AR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019331901196
Council area
Blaby
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
B
Second road number
4114

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco Eurocargo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    6,728 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Audi Q5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A5)

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 2019331901196 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 2019.