A50 crash in Leicester on 22 December 1986 at 11:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A50 in Leicester at 11:05 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 45-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 11:05
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386C0613
Council area: Leicester
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 50
Road type: One way street or slip road
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 50

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
45 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Moving off
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
36 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 45, 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 19863386C0613 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 1986.