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A47 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 27 November 1997 at 08:05 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and an LDV 400 Series van were involved in a crash on the A47 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 08:05 on Thursday 27 November 1997. The 21-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Belmont, a 19-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Belmont and the 60-year-old male driver of the LDV 400 Series van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Nov 1997
Thursday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and LDV 400 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55762, longitude -1.36541, in the LE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hinckley.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339709042
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
447

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: LDV 400 Series

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

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 1997339709042 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.