A6006 crash in Melton on 3 December 1986 at 10:15 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A6006 in Melton at 10:15 on Wednesday 3 December 1986. The 64-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 3 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 10:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1068
Council area: Melton
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 6006
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: C

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Road sign or traffic signal
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
43 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
64 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 64, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 19863386E1068 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.