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Serious C road crash in Hinckley and Bosworth CV13 on 15 October 1998 at 09:10 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Hinckley and Bosworth at 09:10 on Thursday 15 October 1998. A 48-year-old male passenger in the Iveco-Ford lorry was seriously injured and the 38-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry was slightly 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
15 Oct 1998
Thursday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57552, longitude -1.45811, in the CV13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339808109
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
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, 76 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

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 1998339808109 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.