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B582 crash in Blaby on 5 February 1998 at 09:25 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

Five vehicles, including an Iveco-Ford lorry and a Ford Escort van, were involved in a crash on the B582 in Blaby at 09:25 on Thursday 5 February 1998. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort van and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 1998
Thursday, 09:25
Vehicles
5
Iveco-Ford and 4 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57688, longitude -1.17963, in the LE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blaby and Whetstone.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339801064
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
582
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    5,861 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 5: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 1998339801064 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 1998.