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B5327 crash in Leicester on 3 January 1997 at 08:25 involving a Mitsubishi L300 van

A car and a Mitsubishi L300 van were involved in a crash on the B5327 in Leicester at 08:25 on Friday 3 January 1997. The 29-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1997
Friday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Mitsubishi L300
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65244, longitude -1.1596, in the LE4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339700055
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5327
Road type
Single 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi L300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1997339700055 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 1997.