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Serious B5326 crash in North West Leicestershire on 18 December 1985 at 06:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the B5326 in North West Leicestershire at 06:00 on Wednesday 18 December 1985. The 17-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 1985
Wednesday, 06:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70811, longitude -1.43723, 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
19853385N0826
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5326
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 144 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, 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 19853385N0826 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.