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M1 crash in Blaby on 30 January 1990 at 09:05 involving an Audi 90

An Audi 90 and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the M1 in Blaby at 09:05 on Tuesday 30 January 1990. The 19-year-old male driver of the Audi 90 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jan 1990
Tuesday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Audi 90 and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59965, longitude -1.1956, in the LE19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990339000805
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
46

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 90

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 90)

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 1990339000805 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 1990.