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B581 crash in Blaby on 19 August 1990 at 17:30 involving a Volvo 760

A Volvo 760 and a Citroen Visa were involved in a crash on the B581 in Blaby at 17:30 on Sunday 19 August 1990. The 51-year-old male driver of the Volvo 760 and the 47-year-old male driver of the Citroen Visa were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Aug 1990
Sunday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo 760 and Citroen Visa
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54719, longitude -1.27191, in the LE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990339005908
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
581
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 760

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Visa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 760)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Visa)

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 1990339005908 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.