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Serious C road crash in Hinckley and Bosworth LE6 on 25 April 1985 at 12:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in Hinckley and Bosworth at 12:00 on Thursday 25 April 1985. An 83-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Apr 1985
Thursday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65949, longitude -1.23087, in the LE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Groby.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385E0287
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19853385E0287 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.