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B6540 crash in North West Leicestershire on 4 January 1990 at 10:20 involving a Fiat Ducato van

A Fiat Ducato van and an Iveco-Ford were involved in a crash on the B6540 in North West Leicestershire at 10:20 on Thursday 4 January 1990. The 28-year-old female driver of the Fiat Ducato van 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
4 Jan 1990
Thursday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Fiat Ducato and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84134, longitude -1.33337, in the DE74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castle Donington.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990339000280
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6540
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
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, 116 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Ducato

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,971 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Ducato)

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 1990339000280 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 1990.