A607 crash in Melton on 10 December 1986 at 12:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the A607 in Melton at 12:40 on Wednesday 10 December 1986. The 22-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 10 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 12:40
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1082
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
22 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 19863386E1082 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.