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Serious C road crash in Melton NG13 on 20 June 1985 at 18:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Melton at 18:45 on Thursday 20 June 1985. The 57-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jun 1985
Thursday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.8986, longitude -0.86034, in the NG13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385E0473
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 169 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 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
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19853385E0473 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.