Serious A5 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 7 October 2012 at 05:22 involving a Yamaha motorcycle
A Yamaha motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A5 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 05:22 on Sunday 7 October 2012. The 41-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Oct 2012
- Sunday, 05:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50436, longitude -1.33214, in the LE10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burbage Sketchley and Stretton, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE10 3AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hinckley and Bosworth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012331206175
- Council area
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4114
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 3 September 1980
At the same spotRef 19803380S0755
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 1 December 1983
At the same spotRef 19833383S1078
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A5 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 2 March 2007
At the same spotRef 2007330701549
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 14 November 1987
At the same spotRef 19873387S0957
Slight
Bus crash on the A5 in Blaby, 13 February 1979
At the same spotRef 19793379S0183
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A5 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 11 January 2008
At the same spotRef 2008330800180
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)
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 2012331206175 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 2012.