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A563 crash in Leicester on 4 May 1997 at 09:40 involving an MZ motorcycle

An MZ motorcycle crashed on the A563 in Leicester at 09:40 on Sunday 4 May 1997. The 43-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 1997
Sunday, 09:40
Vehicles
1
MZ
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66034, longitude -1.17127, in the LE4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339703162
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
563
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5327

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MZ

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    243 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (MZ)

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 1997339703162 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.