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A47 crash in Blaby on 28 February 1990 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on the A47 in Blaby at 17:50 on Wednesday 28 February 1990. A 35-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Uno was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 1990
Wednesday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Fiat Uno
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62649, longitude -1.20323, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990339001685
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1990339001685 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.