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A594 crash in Leicester on 14 December 1999 at 14:30 involving a Vauxhall Astramax van

A Vauxhall Astramax van and a car were involved in a crash on the A594 in Leicester at 14:30 on Tuesday 14 December 1999. The 51-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astramax van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1999
Tuesday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astramax and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63363, longitude -1.12404, 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
1999339909859
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
594
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astramax

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astramax)

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 1999339909859 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.