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Serious C road crash in Charnwood LE12 on 27 December 1994 at 23:20 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on a C road in Charnwood at 23:20 on Tuesday 27 December 1994. The 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle and a 24-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 1994
Tuesday, 23:20
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.72232, longitude -1.13841, in the LE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mountsorrel.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994339410071
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    694 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 1994339410071 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 1994.