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A426 crash in Harborough on 29 October 1998 at 07:25 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A426 in Harborough at 07:25 on Thursday 29 October 1998. The 44-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Oct 1998
Thursday, 07:25
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Citroen ZX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52003, longitude -1.18747, in the LE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339808337
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,761 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

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 1998339808337 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 1998.