A4303 crash in Harborough on 19 March 2020 at 06:42 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the A4303 in Harborough at 06:42 on Thursday 19 March 2020. A 59-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 2020
- Thursday, 06:42
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45144, longitude -1.25303, in the LE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lutterworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lutterworth West, Harborough, LE17 4JG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020332000565
- 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
- 4303
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Harborough, 16 July 1981
10 m awayRef 19813381S0642
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4303 in Harborough, 22 July 2007
10 m awayRef 2007330705049
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4303 in Harborough, 7 January 2000
20 m awayRef 2000330000326
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5 in Harborough, 28 June 2006
22 m awayRef 2006330604519
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A5 in Harborough, 22 June 2014
27 m awayRef 2014331401121
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4303 in Harborough, 21 November 2003
30 m awayRef 2003330309276
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2020332000565 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.