B6416 crash in Leicester on 5 December 2022 at 00:24 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Kia Niro and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the B6416 in Leicester at 00:24 on Monday 5 December 2022. The 33-year-old male driver of the Kia Niro, a 40-year-old female passenger in the Kia Niro and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Kia Niro were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2022
- Monday, 00:24
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64031, longitude -1.09851, in the LE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Evington, Leicester, LE5 4BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leicester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022332201053
- Council area
- Leicester
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6416
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2008.
Slight
Toyota crash on the B6416 in Leicester, 11 January 2008
11 m awayRef 2008330800191
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6416 in Leicester, 10 May 1986
14 m awayRef 19863386C0196
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B6416 in Leicester, 22 October 2007
22 m awayRef 2007330707367
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B6416 in Leicester, 24 November 2010
23 m awayRef 2010331006877
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B6416 in Leicester, 10 June 2003
31 m awayRef 2003330304497
Slight
Van crash on the B6416 in Leicester, 22 September 1987
31 m awayRef 19873387C0420
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Niro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Niro)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Niro)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Niro)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2022332201053 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 2022.