B582 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 13 March 2020 at 08:44 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston at 08:44 on Friday 13 March 2020. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2020
- Friday, 08:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57955, longitude -1.13536, in the LE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigston. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Wigston, Oadby and Wigston, LE18 4SZ 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
- 2020332000504
- Council area
- Oadby and Wigston
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 582
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2017.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 21 June 2017
2 m awayRef 2017331700827
Slight
Car crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 6 September 1993
4 m awayRef 1993339306138
Slight
Daihatsu Charade crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 14 February 1994
4 m awayRef 1994339401245
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 7 April 2004
4 m awayRef 2004330402659
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 2 October 1988
4 m awayRef 19883388W0361
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B582 in Oadby and Wigston, 11 March 2006
4 m awayRef 2006330601758
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020332000504 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 2020.