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Unclassified road crash in North West Leicestershire DE74 on 29 April 1985 at 22:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North West Leicestershire at 22:30 on Monday 29 April 1985. A 78-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 1985
Monday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84129, longitude -1.34064, in the DE74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castle Donington.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385N0240
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
453

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, 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 19853385N0240 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 1985.