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Fatal B585 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 28 December 1997 at 10:50 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat crashed on the B585 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 10:50 on Sunday 28 December 1997. The 55-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Dec 1997
Sunday, 10:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69179, longitude -1.34038, in the LE67 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bardon.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339709982
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
585
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

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 1997339709982 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.