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A42 crash in North West Leicestershire on 31 July 2001 at 18:45 involving a Rover Maestro van

A Rover Maestro van crashed on the A42 in North West Leicestershire at 18:45 on Tuesday 31 July 2001. All seven casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 2001
Tuesday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
Rover Maestro
Casualties
7
7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80974, longitude -1.31426, in the LE12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001330105923
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
42
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

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 2001330105923 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 2001.