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Serious C road crash in North West Leicestershire DE74 on 2 July 1998 at 18:15 involving a Honda VTR1000F motorcycle

A Honda VTR1000F motorcycle crashed on a C road in North West Leicestershire at 18:15 on Thursday 2 July 1998. The 21-year-old male rider and a 26-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jul 1998
Thursday, 18:15
Vehicles
1
Honda VTR1000F
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82178, longitude -1.37299, in the DE74 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339805043
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VTR1000F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda VTR1000F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda VTR1000F)

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 1998339805043 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 1998.