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Fatal unclassified road crash in Leicester LE4 on 24 May 1990 at 09:15 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leicester at 09:15 on Thursday 24 May 1990. A 35-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Cavalier was killed and the 51-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 May 1990
Thursday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65503, longitude -1.09598, in the LE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990339003835
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 35, hit by vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1990339003835 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.