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Western, Leicester, LE3 1BY area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 75 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Western ward, Leicester, from 2001 to 2025, with 98 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 13 were serious.

No collisions were recorded here in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
75
10,165th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
98
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the LE3 1BY hotspot

14 of the 75 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.3%
  • Serious1317%
  • Slight6181%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
17
Slightly injured
80
All casualties
98

Accidents by year at the LE3 1BY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2009, against an average of 3.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the LE3 1BY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202322
202233
202123
202034
201922
201811
201700
201611
201534
201459
201347
201266
201111
201044
2009713
200823
200758
200623
200522
200466
200333
200257
200144

Map of crashes at the LE3 1BY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near LE3 1BY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Western, Leicester, LE3 1BY area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the LE3 1BY hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Western
Council area
Leicester
Nearest postcode to the centre
LE3 1BY
Postcode district
LE3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.63296, -1.20495
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
2 December 2024
Rank by collisions
10,165th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the LE3 1BY hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the M1, with 22 of 75, followed by the B5380 with 4.

Collisions at the LE3 1BY hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM1223612
2ndB53804401

Towns near the LE3 1BY hotspot

64 of the 75 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Leicester.

Accident hotspots near LE3 1BY

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe, Blaby, LE3 3GQ area, 0.8 km away, with 272 collisions.

All 75 crashes at the LE3 1BY hotspot

Newest first, from 17 April 2001 to 2 December 2024, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year