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Fatal A6 crash in Charnwood on 8 November 1993 at 12:23 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry

A Seddon/Atkinson lorry hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Charnwood at 12:23 on Monday 8 November 1993. A 79-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Nov 1993
Monday, 12:23
Vehicles
1
Seddon/Atkinson
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77069, longitude -1.20416, in the LE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loughborough.

Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993339307963
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5350

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1993339307963 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 1993.