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A50 crash in Leicester on 5 December 1992 at 07:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a van were involved in a crash on the A50 in Leicester at 07:40 on Saturday 5 December 1992. The 23-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1992
Saturday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60766, longitude -1.12147, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992339208683
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1992339208683 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 1992.