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B4668 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 8 July 1998 at 08:40 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion hit a pedestrian on the B4668 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 08:40 on Wednesday 8 July 1998. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jul 1998
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54726, longitude -1.36187, in the LE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hinckley.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339805155
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4668
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1998339805155 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 1998.