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B5403 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 25 August 1982 at 20:15 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5403 in Oadby and Wigston at 20:15 on Wednesday 25 August 1982. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 1982
Wednesday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59671, longitude -1.07562, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oadby.

Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19823382S0666
Council area
Oadby and Wigston
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5403
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 19823382S0666 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 1982.