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Serious A5096 crash in Blaby on 4 October 1985 at 17:45 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter crashed on the A5096 in Blaby at 17:45 on Friday 4 October 1985. The 18-year-old male rider was seriously injured and a 16-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Oct 1985
Friday, 17:45
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58442, longitude -1.19056, in the LE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enderby.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385S0899
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5096
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 19853385S0899 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.