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Unclassified road crash in Leicester LE1 on 27 December 2000 at 00:10 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Leicester at 00:10 on Wednesday 27 December 2000. A 16-year-old male pedestrian and an 18-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2000
Wednesday, 00:10
Vehicles
1
Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63527, longitude -1.1382, 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
2000330010384
Council area
Leicester
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 2000330010384 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 2000.