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A5131 crash in Leicester on 6 January 1986 at 16:30 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5131 in Leicester at 16:30 on Monday 6 January 1986. A 23-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle, the 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 18-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1986
Monday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65309, longitude -1.13815, in the LE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19863386E0015
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5131
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 19863386E0015 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.