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Serious A607 crash in Melton on 1 February 1985 at 14:30 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A607 in Melton at 14:30 on Friday 1 February 1985. A 73-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Feb 1985
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76467, longitude -0.88133, in the LE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton Mowbray.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385E0085
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    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 19853385E0085 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 1985.