Serious B6047 crash in Harborough on 7 December 2025 at 12:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Dacia Sandero were involved in a crash on the B6047 in Harborough at 12:05 on Sunday 7 December 2025. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Dec 2025
- Sunday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Dacia Sandero
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57895, longitude -0.9417, in the LE7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Harborough
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025332501193
- Council area
- Harborough
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2015.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B6047 in Harborough, 7 December 2015
3 m awayRef 2015331501966
Serious
Mini One crash on the B6047 in Harborough, 13 December 2002
10 m awayRef 2002330210051
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6047 in Harborough, 4 July 1987
20 m awayRef 19873387S0520
Serious
Saab 900 crash on the B6047 in Harborough, 4 July 2003
30 m awayRef 2003330305146
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the B6047 in Harborough, 11 June 2000
30 m awayRef 2000330004399
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B6047 in Harborough, 26 March 1998
30 m awayRef 1998339802267
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Dacia Sandero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025332501193 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.