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B589 crash in Charnwood on 4 October 2001 at 19:15 involving a Peugeot 206

A Peugeot 206 and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B589 in Charnwood at 19:15 on Thursday 4 October 2001. The 20-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 30-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 2001
Thursday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 206 and Kawasaki
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77579, longitude -1.2045, in the LE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loughborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loughborough Southfields, Charnwood, LE11 2DE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001330107659
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
589
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,052 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 2001330107659 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 2001.