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Unclassified road crash in Leicester LE19 on 18 February 1985 at 10:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Leicester at 10:45 on Monday 18 February 1985. The 16-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 1985
Monday, 10:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59954, longitude -1.17995, in the LE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385S0115
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 19853385S0115 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 1985.