A444 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 13 July 2001 at 15:40 involving an MZ motorcycle
A van and an MZ motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A444 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 15:40 on Friday 13 July 2001. The 31-year-old male rider of the MZ motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2001
- Friday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and MZ
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59689, longitude -1.47866, in the CV13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001330105644
- Council area
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 444
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A444 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 22 December 2016
6 m awayRef 2016331602210
Serious
Car crash on the A444 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 8 February 1984
20 m awayRef 19843384N0092
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A444 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 10 July 1979
40 m awayRef 19793379N0427
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A444 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 11 May 2024
86 m awayRef 2024332400412
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A444 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 15 July 2018
97 m awayRef 2018331800739
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A444 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 12 September 2007
100 m awayRef 2007330706301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: MZ
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 243 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (MZ)
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 2001330105644 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hinckley and Bosworth road accident statistics for 2001.