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A6 crash in Leicester on 28 April 1999 at 10:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Leicester at 10:30 on Wednesday 28 April 1999. The male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 1999
Wednesday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64238, longitude -1.13939, in the LE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Leicester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999339903255
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1999339903255 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 1999.