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Serious B590 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 6 April 1997 at 02:20 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Ford Escort van and a car were involved in a crash on the B590 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 02:20 on Sunday 6 April 1997. The 45-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 35-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Apr 1997
Sunday, 02:20
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53827, longitude -1.36185, in the LE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hinckley.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339702475
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
590
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 1997339702475 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.