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A453 crash in North West Leicestershire on 14 October 1992 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Kawasaki AR50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A453 in North West Leicestershire at 18:15 on Wednesday 14 October 1992. The 17-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki AR50 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 1992
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Kawasaki AR50
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82313, longitude -1.34107, in the DE74 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992339207147
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
453
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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 29 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki AR50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    48 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki AR50)

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 1992339207147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 1992.