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Fatal A50 crash in Leicester on 21 January 1986 at 20:00 involving a van

A van, three cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A50 in Leicester at 20:00 on Tuesday 21 January 1986. The 50-year-old male driver of vehicle 5, a 7-year-old male passenger in vehicle 5 and a 25-year-old female passenger in vehicle 5 were killed and three other people were seriously injured. One of the others was a pedestrian.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Jan 1986
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
5
Van and 4 others
Casualties
6
3 killed, 3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65016, longitude -1.16836, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19863386E0052
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 4: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 5 (Car)

    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 19863386E0052 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.