Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A5199 crash in Harborough on 8 July 2025 at 17:25 involving a Mitsubishi Lancer

A Mitsubishi Lancer crashed on the A5199 in Harborough at 17:25 on Tuesday 8 July 2025. A 35-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 25-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jul 2025
Tuesday, 17:25
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi Lancer
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42884, longitude -1.0559, in the LE17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025332500643
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
5199
Road type
Single 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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 115 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 April 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Lancer

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025332500643 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 2025.