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Serious A46 crash in Blaby on 22 April 1985 at 11:00 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on the A46 in Blaby at 11:00 on Monday 22 April 1985. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Apr 1985
Monday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6009, longitude -1.1941, in the LE19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385S0302
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
1

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 19853385S0302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 1985.