Unclassified road crash in Melton on 21 December 1986 at 16:00 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Melton at 16:00 on Sunday 21 December 1986. The 25-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1986; Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1117
Council area: Melton
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Lane or location
Not on carriageway
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Entered ditch
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
25 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 25, 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 19863386E1117 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.