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Fatal B5350 crash in Charnwood on 8 November 1985 at 18:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B5350 in Charnwood at 18:45 on Friday 8 November 1985. An 83-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Nov 1985
Friday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76502, longitude -1.21582, in the LE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loughborough.

Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385N0703
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5350
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, 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 19853385N0703 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.