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Fatal unclassified road crash in Melton LE13 on 22 November 1983 at 08:10 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Melton at 08:10 on Tuesday 22 November 1983. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 10 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
22 Nov 1983
Tuesday, 08:10
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76565, longitude -0.89005, in the LE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton Mowbray.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19833383E0944
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
10 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19833383E0944 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 1983.