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A594 crash in Leicester on 5 May 1997 at 19:00 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on the A594 in Leicester at 19:00 on Monday 5 May 1997. The 42-year-old male driver of the Rover Montego, a 16-year-old male passenger in the Rover Montego and the 29-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Beetle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 1997
Monday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Beetle and Rover Montego
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64038, longitude -1.13308, 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
1997339703265
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

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 1997339703265 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.