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M1 crash in Blaby on 18 March 1998 at 18:15 involving a Fiat Cinquecento

A Fiat Cinquecento and a car were involved in a crash on the M1 in Blaby at 18:15 on Wednesday 18 March 1998. The 21-year-old female driver of the Fiat Cinquecento was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1998
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Fiat Cinquecento and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59983, longitude -1.19574, in the LE19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339802098
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5460

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 16 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

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 1998339802098 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.