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Serious B581 crash in Blaby on 31 May 1985 at 20:30 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B581 in Blaby at 20:30 on Friday 31 May 1985. The 20-year-old female driver of the other vehicle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 May 1985
Friday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54628, longitude -1.26942, in the LE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385S0462
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
581
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 19853385S0462 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.