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A6 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 15 April 1996 at 08:50 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston at 08:50 on Monday 15 April 1996. The 39-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Apr 1996
Monday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Fiat Uno and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58951, longitude -1.06367, 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
1996339602790
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1996339602790 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 1996.