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M6 crash in Harborough on 7 December 1998 at 09:05 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara, a Mercedes C Class and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M6 in Harborough at 09:05 on Monday 7 December 1998. The 58-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara and the 41-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 1998
Monday, 09:05
Vehicles
3
Citroen Xsara and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40556, longitude -1.19693, in the LE17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339809610
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)

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 1998339809610 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.