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B582 crash in Blaby on 30 November 1999 at 19:05 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Volvo 240 were involved in a crash on the B582 in Blaby at 19:05 on Tuesday 30 November 1999. The 18-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 1999
Tuesday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Volvo 240
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58159, longitude -1.16257, in the LE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Blaby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999339909459
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
582
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,315 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 1999339909459 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 1999.