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M1 crash in Harborough on 13 May 1990 at 05:40 involving a Fiat Strada

A Fiat Strada and a Ford van were involved in a crash on the M1 in Harborough at 05:40 on Sunday 13 May 1990. An 18-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Strada and the 31-year-old male driver of the Fiat Strada were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 May 1990
Sunday, 05:40
Vehicles
2
Fiat Strada and Ford
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48329, longitude -1.19198, in the LE17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990339003591
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Strada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    6,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Strada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Strada)

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 1990339003591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 1990.