A606 crash in Melton on 2 December 1986 at 12:52 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A606 in Melton at 12:52 on Tuesday 2 December 1986. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 2 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 12:52
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1054
Council area: Melton
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 606
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: Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site: Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards: Poor or defective road surface

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 19863386E1054 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.