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Fatal C road crash in Charnwood LE7 on 13 April 1995 at 22:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in Charnwood at 22:00 on Thursday 13 April 1995. A 41-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
13 Apr 1995
Thursday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6889, longitude -1.1799, in the LE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995339502598
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 92 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1995339502598 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 1995.