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A594 crash in Leicester on 9 September 1998 at 15:59 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus hit three pedestrians on the A594 in Leicester at 15:59 on Wednesday 9 September 1998. A 36-year-old female pedestrian, a 39-year-old female pedestrian and a 43-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 15:59
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62177, longitude -1.13315, in the LE2 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
1998339806718
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
594
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

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 1998339806718 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.