B585 crash in North West Leicestershire on 28 April 2006 at 07:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B585 in North West Leicestershire at 07:35 on Friday 28 April 2006. The 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2006
- Friday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68973, longitude -1.34707, in the LE67 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bardon.
Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006330602947
- Council area
- North West Leicestershire
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 585
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 1999.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B585 in North West Leicestershire, 22 January 1999
28 m awayRef 1999339900637
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B585 in North West Leicestershire, 8 July 2025
55 m awayRef 2025332500642
Slight
Car crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire, 15 May 1989
122 m awayRef 19893389C0136
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in North West Leicestershire, 15 February 1989
130 m awayRef 19893389C0053
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B585 in North West Leicestershire, 1 November 2002
130 m awayRef 2002330208503
Serious
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B585 in North West Leicestershire, 21 February 2008
141 m awayRef 2008330801220
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2006330602947 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 2006.