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Serious A46 crash in Charnwood on 14 June 1985 at 17:05 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A46 in Charnwood at 17:05 on Friday 14 June 1985. The 21-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jun 1985
Friday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74638, longitude -1.06342, in the LE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385E0451
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19853385E0451 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.