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Fatal A607 crash in Melton on 5 May 1980 at 15:45 involving a car

Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 15:45 on Monday 5 May 1980. A 22-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was killed, the 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 May 1980
Monday, 15:45
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84306, longitude -0.79795, in the NG32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19803380E0331
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
607
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19803380E0331 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 1980.