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Melton road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 67 road traffic collisions in Melton in 2025, and 90 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 23 were serious.

Collisions were up 2% on 2024 (66), and casualties fell from 99.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 6,708 collisions in Melton.

Collisions in 2025
67
Up 2% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
90
Down 9% on 2024
Fatal collisions
4
6% of collisions
Serious collisions
23
34% of collisions

Crash severity in Melton in 2025

6% of collisions in Melton in 2025 were fatal and 34% serious, against 3.9% and 20% in Melton from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal46%
  • Serious2334%
  • Slight4060%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal44.4%
  • Serious2932%
  • Slight5763%

Melton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Melton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 206 in 1997. 2025 is highlighted, with 67, up 2% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 67
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256790
20246699
20235575
20227396
202167102
20205470
20195277
20186896
20176686
2016123175
2015113160
2014121170
2013129170
2012112147
2011121181
2010136194
2009126189
2008128179
2007145208
2006110150
2005131191
2004181272
2003167222
2002156217
2001201282
2000181259
1999197307
1998190267
1997206293
1996203303
1995147216
1994174251
1993172252
1992193252
1991146209
1990177247
1989181249
1988190264
1987174224
1986187232
1985159225
1984180262
1983157206
1982201261
1981181241
1980184266
1979160237

When and where crashes happen in Melton in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday10 (15%)
  • Tuesday11 (16%)
  • Wednesday4 (6%)
  • Thursday11 (16%)
  • Friday14 (21%)
  • Saturday11 (16%)
  • Sunday6 (9%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591 (1.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5912 (18%)
  • 09:00 to 11:597 (10%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5913 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5919 (28%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5910 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:593 (4.5%)

Collisions by month

  • January8 (12%)
  • February1 (1.5%)
  • March8 (12%)
  • April4 (6%)
  • May10 (15%)
  • June3 (4.5%)
  • July3 (4.5%)
  • August8 (12%)
  • September6 (9%)
  • October5 (7.5%)
  • November7 (10%)
  • December4 (6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight50 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights lit6 (9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds54 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (15%)
  • Fog or mist3 (4.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry49 (73%)
  • Wet or damp17 (25%)
  • Frost or ice1 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph27 (40%)
  • 40 mph5 (7.5%)
  • 50 mph14 (21%)
  • 60 mph20 (30%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway67 (100%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Melton in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant57 (63%)
  • Motorcyclist12 (13%)
  • Pedestrian9 (10%)
  • Cyclist7 (7.8%)
  • Van occupant5 (5.6%)

Casualties by age

  • 6 to 101 (1.1%)
  • 11 to 155 (5.6%)
  • 16 to 209 (10%)
  • 21 to 253 (3.3%)
  • 26 to 3513 (14%)
  • 36 to 4519 (21%)
  • 46 to 5510 (11%)
  • 56 to 6518 (20%)
  • 66 to 756 (6.7%)
  • Over 754 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (2.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider64 (71%)
  • Passenger17 (19%)
  • Pedestrian9 (10%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car87 (74%)
  • Motorcycle13 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle8 (6.8%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes7 (5.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Melton in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 7 busiest accident hotspots in Melton

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (7)

How Melton ranked among 351 areas in 2025

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Melton had fewer road collisions than 329 of them in 2025.

Collisions
330th
of 351 areas, highest first
Casualties
330th
of 351 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
118th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
324th
of 351 areas, highest first

Accident hotspots in Melton in 2025

Melton Warwick, Melton, LE13 0TP area was the busiest accident hotspot in Melton in 2025, with 6 collisions, 1 of them serious.

Roads in Melton with the most crashes in 2025

The A607 had the most collisions in Melton in 2025: 9, including 1 fatal and 4 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Melton, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA60791114
2ndA60681101
3rdB6764602
4thA60063410
5thA522800
6thB60471100

Towns in Melton: crashes in 2025

Melton Mowbray had 20 collisions in 2025.

Postcode districts in Melton: crashes in 2025

LE14 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Melton in 2025: 31.

Latest crashes in Melton in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Melton in 2025, 1 was fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 9 December 2025.

Severity

Melton road accidents in other years