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Serious C road crash in Hinckley and Bosworth LE9 on 15 October 2020 at 08:57 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle hit a pedestrian on a C road in Hinckley and Bosworth at 08:57 on Thursday 15 October 2020. A 38-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Oct 2020
Thursday, 08:57
Vehicles
1
Goods vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57108, longitude -1.3174, in the LE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Earl Shilton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Earl Shilton, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE9 7GH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020332000809
Council area
Hinckley and Bosworth
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Goods vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2020332000809 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 2020.