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Serious C road crash in Hinckley and Bosworth LE67 on 4 April 1985 at 14:15 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Hinckley and Bosworth at 14:15 on Thursday 4 April 1985. The 11-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 1985
Thursday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68216, longitude -1.27662, in the LE67 postcode district and within the built-up area of Markfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385N0192
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, 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 19853385N0192 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.