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Serious C road crash in Blaby LE8 on 2 October 1990 at 18:55 involving a Ford van

A Ford van hit a pedestrian on a C road in Blaby at 18:55 on Tuesday 2 October 1990. A 3-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Oct 1990
Tuesday, 18:55
Vehicles
1
Ford
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57542, longitude -1.16328, in the LE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blaby and Whetstone.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990339007267
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford)

    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 1990339007267 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.