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B582 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 3 January 1997 at 23:25 involving a Honda Accord

A Honda Accord and a car were involved in a crash on the B582 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 23:25 on Friday 3 January 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1997
Friday, 23:25
Vehicles
2
Honda Accord and car
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63071, longitude -1.33406, in the LE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newbold Verdon.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339700107
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
582
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 25 July 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,955 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 1997339700107 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 1997.