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Serious A50 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 30 July 1996 at 17:25 involving a Triumph Spitfire

A Triumph Spitfire and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the A50 in Oadby and Wigston at 17:25 on Tuesday 30 July 1996. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Triumph Spitfire was seriously injured and the 38-year-old male driver of the Triumph Spitfire was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jul 1996
Tuesday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Triumph Spitfire and Peugeot 309
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59391, longitude -1.10919, in the LE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigston.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996339605619
Council area
Oadby and Wigston
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Spitfire

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Spitfire)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Spitfire)

    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 1996339605619 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.