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M69 crash in Blaby on 27 May 2001 at 08:25 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the M69 in Blaby at 08:25 on Sunday 27 May 2001. A 74-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 2001
Sunday, 08:25
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60017, longitude -1.19662, in the LE19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Enderby, Blaby, LE19 1SZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001330104183
Council area
Blaby
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
69
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 2001330104183 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 2001.