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Fatal unclassified road crash in Hinckley and Bosworth LE9 on 6 August 2016 at 13:30 involving a mobility scooter

A mobility scooter crashed on an unclassified road in Hinckley and Bosworth at 13:30 on Saturday 6 August 2016. The 81-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Aug 2016
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Mobility scooter
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62964, longitude -1.34006, in the LE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newbold Verdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE9 9PZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016331601245
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    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
    81 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 81, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 1 (Mobility scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

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 2016331601245 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 2016.