Unclassified road crash in North West Leicestershire DE74 on 2 June 2022 at 22:05 involving a BMW 2 Series
A BMW 2 Series, a Volkswagen Golf and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North West Leicestershire at 22:05 on Thursday 2 June 2022. The 21-year-old male driver of the BMW 2 Series, a 22-year-old male passenger in the BMW 2 Series and the 23-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2022
- Thursday, 22:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 2 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84258, longitude -1.33743, in the DE74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castle Donington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle Donington Central, North West Leicestershire, DE74 2NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022332200447
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1991.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in North West Leicestershire, 12 June 1991
7 m awayRef 1991339104715
Slight
Citroen AX crash on an unclassified road in North West Leicestershire, 16 December 2005
16 m awayRef 2005330509858
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North West Leicestershire, 5 May 1997
21 m awayRef 1997339703108
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in North West Leicestershire, 15 November 2011
29 m awayRef 2011331106457
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North West Leicestershire, 6 December 1984
65 m awayRef 19843384N0794
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North West Leicestershire, 13 December 1985
71 m awayRef 19853385N0816
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 2 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 2 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2022332200447 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 2022.