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A50 crash in Leicester on 5 October 1994 at 22:25 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Citroen XM were involved in a crash on the A50 in Leicester at 22:25 on Wednesday 5 October 1994. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 1994
Wednesday, 22:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Citroen XM
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63368, longitude -1.13912, in the LE1 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
1994339407529
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 January 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen XM

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 1994339407529 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 1994.