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A426 crash in Blaby on 4 September 1985 at 16:00 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A426 in Blaby at 16:00 on Wednesday 4 September 1985. The 21-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Sep 1985
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57848, longitude -1.16367, in the LE8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385S0789
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
426

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, 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 19853385S0789 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.