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A594 crash in Leicester on 9 April 1997 at 17:18 involving a Renault 21

A car, a Renault 21 and a Fiat Tempra were involved in a crash on the A594 in Leicester at 17:18 on Wednesday 9 April 1997. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Renault 21, the 36-year-old female driver of the Renault 21 and the 40-year-old male driver of the Fiat Tempra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Apr 1997
Wednesday, 17:18
Vehicles
3
Renault 21 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63368, longitude -1.13927, in the LE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339702596
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
594
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 21 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Tempra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Tempra)

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 1997339702596 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.