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A46 crash in Charnwood on 24 November 1998 at 09:15 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Fiat Tipo were involved in a crash on the A46 in Charnwood at 09:15 on Tuesday 24 November 1998. The 65-year-old female driver of the Fiat Tipo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Nov 1998
Tuesday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Fiat Tipo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.72802, longitude -1.07241, in the LE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339809136
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

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 1998339809136 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 1998.