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B578 crash in Hinckley and Bosworth on 25 November 2013 at 17:30 involving a Sym Symply motorcycle

A Sym Symply motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B578 in Hinckley and Bosworth at 17:30 on Monday 25 November 2013. The 54-year-old female rider of the Sym Symply motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Nov 2013
Monday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Sym Symply and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52787, longitude -1.34844, in the LE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hinckley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burbage Sketchley and Stretton, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE10 2HZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013331302148
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
578
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Sym Symply

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Symply)

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 2013331302148 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 2013.