A5125 crash in Leicester on 25 December 1986 at 13:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A5125 in Leicester at 13:35 on Thursday 25 December 1986. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1986; Thursday, 13:35
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386C0621
Council area: Leicester
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 5125
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South
Lane or location
Not on carriageway
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Tree
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Did not impact

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 19863386C0621 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.