A6006 crash in Melton on 6 December 1979 at 23:25 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6006 in Melton at 23:25 on Thursday 6 December 1979. A 21-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 1979
- Thursday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76375, longitude -0.95798, in the LE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Asfordby.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19793379E0967
- Council area
- Melton
- Police force
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the A6006 in Melton, 24 October 1981
At the same spotRef 19813381E0841
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6006 in Melton, 15 September 1982
At the same spotRef 19823382E0770
Serious
Scooter crash on the A6006 in Melton, 28 January 1982
At the same spotRef 19823382E0064
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on a C road in Melton, 28 December 2006
At the same spotRef 2006330609607
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6006 in Melton, 28 February 1983
At the same spotRef 19833383E0136
Slight
Car crash on the A6006 in Melton, 11 April 1980
At the same spotRef 19803380E0280
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 19793379E0967 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Melton road accident statistics for 1979.