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M1 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 6 February 1997 at 11:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M1 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 11:00 on Thursday 6 February 1997. The 41-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Feb 1997
Thursday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and lorry
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6952, longitude -1.29313, in the LE67 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339700919
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
50

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 5 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 1997339700919 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.