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A426 crash in Harborough on 2 November 1995 at 19:11 involving an Audi A6

An Audi A6 and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A426 in Harborough at 19:11 on Thursday 2 November 1995. The 35-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1995
Thursday, 19:11
Vehicles
2
Audi A6 and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42926, longitude -1.21797, in the LE17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995339507824
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A6)

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 1995339507824 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 1995.