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Serious A426 crash in Harborough on 8 February 1985 at 18:45 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A426 in Harborough at 18:45 on Friday 8 February 1985. The 51-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and a 24-year-old male passenger in the car and a 21-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Feb 1985
Friday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52021, longitude -1.18747, in the LE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385S0094
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 17 May 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19853385S0094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 1985.