M1 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 17 November 1991 at 11:40 involving a Nissan Primera
Two Nissan Primeras were involved in a crash on the M1 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 11:40 on Sunday 17 November 1991. A 39-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 1991
- Sunday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65116, longitude -1.23693, in the LE6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991339108244
- Council area
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2005.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 1991339108244 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 1991.