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B582 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 24 October 1994 at 19:30 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on the B582 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 19:30 on Monday 24 October 1994. The 30-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle, a 28-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha motorcycle and the 75-year-old male driver of the Mazda 626 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1994
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Mazda 626
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63024, longitude -1.32978, in the LE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newbold Verdon.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994339407985
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
582
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 January 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,586 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 626)

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 1994339407985 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 1994.