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Serious B5324 crash in North West Leicestershire on 22 September 1985 at 01:09 involving a car

A car crashed on the B5324 in North West Leicestershire at 01:09 on Sunday 22 September 1985. The 21-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Sep 1985
Sunday, 01:09
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7625, longitude -1.40052, in the LE67 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385N0580
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5324
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 39 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 March 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, 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 19853385N0580 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.