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A444 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 19 September 1997 at 12:50 involving a Citroen ZX

A Citroen ZX and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A444 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 12:50 on Friday 19 September 1997. The 29-year-old female driver of the Citroen ZX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Sep 1997
Friday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Citroen ZX and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57068, longitude -1.48104, in the CV13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339706866
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
444
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 slight injury crash on 13 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)

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 1997339706866 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 1997.