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C road crash in Harborough LE8 on 20 November 2014 at 20:45 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Harborough at 20:45 on Thursday 20 November 2014. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Nov 2014
Thursday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54962, longitude -1.05448, in the LE8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glen, Harborough, LE8 0QF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014331402225
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 2014331402225 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 2014.