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Unclassified road crash in Leicester LE3 on 24 December 2019 at 06:00 involving a Mercedes C Class taxi

A Mercedes C Class taxi crashed on an unclassified road in Leicester at 06:00 on Tuesday 24 December 2019. The 34-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2019
Tuesday, 06:00
Vehicles
1
Mercedes C Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62691, longitude -1.18246, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, Leicester, LE3 1TD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019331901294
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

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
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    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 2019331901294 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 2019.