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A47 crash in Harborough on 12 June 2020 at 22:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A47 in Harborough at 22:45 on Friday 12 June 2020. The 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a 22-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jun 2020
Friday, 22:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6313, longitude -1.04873, in the LE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thurncourt, Leicester, LE5 2NH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020332000313
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single 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
C

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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2020332000313 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 2020.