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M1 crash in Blaby on 27 June 1991 at 09:00 involving a MAN/VW lorry

A MAN/VW lorry, a Mercedes lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the M1 in Blaby at 09:00 on Thursday 27 June 1991. The 40-year-old male driver of the MAN/VW lorry and the 22-year-old male driver of the Mercedes lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jun 1991
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
3
MAN/VW and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64082, longitude -1.22292, 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
1991339104584
Council area
Blaby
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 1992.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: MAN/VW

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (MAN/VW)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

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 1991339104584 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 1991.