A512 crash in Charnwood on 11 August 2025 at 16:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Antara were involved in a crash on the A512 in Charnwood at 16:00 on Monday 11 August 2025. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 2025
- Monday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Antara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76042, longitude -1.31638, in the LE12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shepshed West, Charnwood, LE12 9TJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025332500751
- Council area
- Charnwood
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 512
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2003.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A512 in Charnwood, 17 August 2003
At the same spotRef 2003330306190
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A512 in Charnwood, 9 April 2006
At the same spotRef 2006330602566
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A512 in Charnwood, 20 September 2010
At the same spotRef 2010331005363
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A512 in Charnwood, 19 August 2003
At the same spotRef 2003330306286
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A512 in Charnwood, 26 December 1990
At the same spotRef 1990339009661
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A512 in Charnwood, 22 April 2010
At the same spotRef 2010331002262
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Antara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025332500751 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 2025.