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A6 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 6 August 1995 at 16:30 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston at 16:30 on Sunday 6 August 1995. The 40-year-old male rider and a 14-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 1995
Sunday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5916, longitude -1.06658, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oadby.

Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995339505282
Council area
Oadby and Wigston
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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 serious injury crash on 22 October 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    347 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 1995339505282 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 1995.