A607 crash in Melton on 12 December 1986 at 14:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 14:15 on Friday 12 December 1986. The 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 12 Dec 1986; Friday, 14:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1084
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: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
North West
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Tree
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19863386E1084 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.