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A5 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 16 May 1996 at 10:00 involving a Rover Montego

A Rover Montego and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A5 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 10:00 on Thursday 16 May 1996. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Rover Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 May 1996
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Rover Montego and Peugeot 106
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50586, longitude -1.33683, in the LE10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996339603671
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
578

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1996339603671 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 1996.