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Serious A50 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 15 February 1985 at 16:10 involving a car

A car crashed on the A50 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 16:10 on Friday 15 February 1985. The 22-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 1985
Friday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66478, longitude -1.22959, in the LE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385E0115
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 January 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19853385E0115 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 1985.