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A4304 crash in Harborough on 5 August 2015 at 21:40 involving a Lexmoto Scout 49 motorcycle

A Lexmoto Scout 49 motorcycle and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the A4304 in Harborough at 21:40 on Wednesday 5 August 2015. The 17-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto Scout 49 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 2015
Wednesday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Lexmoto Scout 49 and Fiat 500
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48287, longitude -0.89929, in the LE16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Market Harborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Market Harborough-Little Bowden, Harborough, LE16 7XZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015331501238
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
4304
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lexmoto Scout 49

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto Scout 49)

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 2015331501238 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.