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A6 crash in Oadby and Wigston on 1 October 1998 at 08:10 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro, a Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A6 in Oadby and Wigston at 08:10 on Thursday 1 October 1998. The 31-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Oct 1998
Thursday, 08:10
Vehicles
3
Rover Metro and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59943, longitude -1.07881, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oadby.

Map of where the crash happened in Oadby and Wigston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339808068
Council area
Oadby and Wigston
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
667

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 16 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 1998339808068 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oadby and Wigston road accident statistics for 1998.