C road crash in Leicester on 24 December 1986 at 14:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on a C road in Leicester at 14:20 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. A 49-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 14:20
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386C0618
Council area: Leicester
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: C
Road type: One way street or slip road
Speed limit: 30 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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
Lane or location
Not on carriageway
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Pedestrian movement
Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 19863386C0618 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.