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A50 crash in Leicester on 19 January 1990 at 16:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volvo 240 were involved in a crash on the A50 in Leicester at 16:50 on Friday 19 January 1990. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 1990
Friday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volvo 240
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60775, longitude -1.12161, in the LE2 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
1990339000652
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,315 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1990339000652 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 1990.