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B667 crash in Leicester on 21 January 1998 at 08:51 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the B667 in Leicester at 08:51 on Wednesday 21 January 1998. The 20-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 1998
Wednesday, 08:51
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.647, longitude -1.08121, in the LE5 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
1998339800514
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
667
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
667

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 27 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    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 1998339800514 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 1998.