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M1 crash in Blaby on 9 July 1997 at 08:00 involving a Bedford van

A Bedford van and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the M1 in Blaby at 08:00 on Wednesday 9 July 1997. The 41-year-old male driver of the Bedford van, a 37-year-old male passenger in the Bedford van and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Bedford van were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jul 1997
Wednesday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Bedford and bus or coach
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58312, longitude -1.19811, in the LE19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339704929
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

    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 1997339704929 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.