B4666 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 28 March 2020 at 21:10 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 crashed on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 21:10 on Saturday 28 March 2020. A 30-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Mar 2020
- Saturday, 21:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53579, longitude -1.40072, in the LE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hinckley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hinckley Clarendon, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE10 0NZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020332000216
- Council area
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4666
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2008.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 20 March 2008
5 m awayRef 2008330802031
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 29 February 2016
20 m awayRef 2016331600361
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 7 March 2002
25 m awayRef 2002330201919
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 4 June 2006
25 m awayRef 2006330604316
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A47 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 1 January 1994
27 m awayRef 1994339400030
Slight
Car crash on the B4666 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 18 September 2015
30 m awayRef 2015331501567
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- 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 2020332000216 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 2020.