A607 crash in Melton on 6 December 1986 at 19:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A607 in Melton at 19:20 on Saturday 6 December 1986. A 46-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 6 Dec 1986; Saturday, 19:20
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1070
Council area: Melton
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 607
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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, no street lighting
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
48 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
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 19863386E1070 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.