A607 crash in Melton on 16 November 1990 at 06:35 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 06:35 on Friday 16 November 1990. The 39-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 1990
- Friday, 06:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Orion and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76583, longitude -0.88026, in the LE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton Mowbray.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990339008518
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1985.
Slight
Van crash on the A607 in Melton, 5 December 1985
At the same spotRef 19853385E0981
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A607 in Melton, 17 December 1991
At the same spotRef 1991339109210
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A607 in Melton, 28 November 1991
At the same spotRef 1991339108651
Serious
Car crash on the A607 in Melton, 29 November 1991
At the same spotRef 1991339108696
Slight
Car crash on the A607 in Melton, 28 January 1986
At the same spotRef 19863386E0075
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the A607 in Melton, 5 February 1992
10 m awayRef 1992339201000
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 39, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 1990339008518 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 1990.