B585 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 30 December 1998 at 19:45 involving a Ford Transit van
A minibus and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B585 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 19:45 on Wednesday 30 December 1998. The 26-year-old male driver of the minibus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 1998
- Wednesday, 19:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Minibus and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6933, longitude -1.3377, in the LE67 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998339810307
- Council area
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 585
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B585 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 24 April 1997
42 m awayRef 1997339702842
Slight
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on the B585 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 31 March 2014
85 m awayRef 2014331400597
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the B585 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 11 April 2004
92 m awayRef 2004330402768
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the B585 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 26 November 2002
106 m awayRef 2002330209421
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B585 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 24 January 2006
106 m awayRef 2006330600858
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Hinckley and Bosworth, 28 November 1987
114 m awayRef 19873387N0793
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)
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 1998339810307 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.