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Serious A426 crash in Blaby on 6 November 2025 at 06:35 involving a Dacia Sandero

A Dacia Sandero hit a pedestrian on the A426 in Blaby at 06:35 on Thursday 6 November 2025. A 47-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Nov 2025
Thursday, 06:35
Vehicles
1
Dacia Sandero
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56212, longitude -1.17106, in the LE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blaby and Whetstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cosby & South Whetstone, Blaby, LE8 6PR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025332501063
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dacia Sandero

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Dacia Sandero)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2025332501063 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 2025.