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Serious M69 crash in Blaby on 3 May 1997 at 16:10 involving a Mitsubishi Space Wagon

A Mitsubishi Space Wagon crashed on the M69 in Blaby at 16:10 on Saturday 3 May 1997. The 45-year-old male driver and a 10-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 1997
Saturday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi Space Wagon
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59397, longitude -1.22065, in the LE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Narborough and Enderby.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339703135
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
69
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Space Wagon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

    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 1997339703135 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 1997.