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M1 crash in Blaby on 28 December 1998 at 12:15 involving a Seat Cordoba

A Seat Cordoba and a car were involved in a crash on the M1 in Blaby at 12:15 on Monday 28 December 1998. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Seat Cordoba and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Seat Cordoba were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1998
Monday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Seat Cordoba and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63919, longitude -1.22088, in the LE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998339810155
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
141

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Cordoba

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Cordoba)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Cordoba)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1998339810155 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blaby road accident statistics for 1998.