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Unclassified road crash in Leicester LE1 on 9 December 1989 at 13:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leicester at 13:05 on Saturday 9 December 1989. The 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 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 private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 1989
Saturday, 13:05
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63314, longitude -1.13898, in the LE1 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
19893389A0477
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,442 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19893389A0477 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 1989.