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A426 crash in Harborough on 23 April 2015 at 15:15 involving a Peugeot 208

A Peugeot 208 and a Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A426 in Harborough at 15:15 on Thursday 23 April 2015. A 36-year-old female passenger on the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle and the 39-year-old male rider of the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Apr 2015
Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 208 and Triumph Speed Triple 1050
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44998, longitude -1.19831, in the LE17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lutterworth East, Harborough, LE17 4FJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015331500604
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
426
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4303

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 208

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Speed Triple 1050

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    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
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Speed Triple 1050)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Speed Triple 1050)

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 2015331500604 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 2015.