C road crash in Charnwood LE6 on 3 February 1985 at 16:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Charnwood at 16:00 on Sunday 3 February 1985. A 19-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1, the 31-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 13-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 1985
- Sunday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68794, longitude -1.23762, in the LE6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19853385E0073
- Council area
- Charnwood
- Police force
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 July 1984.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Charnwood, 29 July 1984
10 m awayRef 19843384E0668
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Charnwood, 24 May 1981
10 m awayRef 19813381E0376
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Charnwood, 7 February 2009
20 m awayRef 2009330900817
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Charnwood, 7 November 2023
36 m awayRef 2023332301111
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5327 in Charnwood, 16 September 1982
50 m awayRef 19823382E0765
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Charnwood, 9 May 1982
70 m awayRef 19823382E0341
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 19853385E0073 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 1985.