A607 crash in Melton on 5 December 1986 at 12:30 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a van were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 12:30 on Friday 5 December 1986. The 17-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Slight
Date: 5 Dec 1986; Friday, 12:30
Vehicles: 2; Motor scooter and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1090
Council area: Melton
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 607
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
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: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motor scooter
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 19863386E1090 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.