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A6 crash in Charnwood on 16 January 1991 at 15:24 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Charnwood at 15:24 on Wednesday 16 January 1991. The 11-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 1991
Wednesday, 15:24
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70867, longitude -1.12802, in the LE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mountsorrel.

Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991339100701
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5328

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1991339100701 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 1991.