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A6006 crash in Melton on 8 January 1986 at 06:50 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A6006 in Melton at 06:50 on Wednesday 8 January 1986. The 19-year-old female driver of the car and a 16-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 1986
Wednesday, 06:50
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76614, longitude -0.90382, in the LE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton Mowbray.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19863386E0017
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6006
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 19863386E0017 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 1986.