Fatal A606 crash in Melton on 30 November 1990 at 08:00 involving a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle
A Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A606 in Melton at 08:00 on Friday 30 November 1990. The 27-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 30 Nov 1990
- Friday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kawasaki EX500 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.78357, longitude -0.90279, in the LE13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Melton
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990339009008
- Council area
- Melton
- Police force
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 606
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2015.
Slight
Peugeot 607 crash on the A606 in Melton, 6 October 2015
32 m awayRef 2015331501649
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A606 in Melton, 11 September 2007
50 m awayRef 2007330706311
Slight
Honda CBF 125 crash on the A606 in Melton, 25 December 2024
50 m awayRef 2024332401243
Serious
Lorry crash on the A606 in Melton, 8 September 1983
50 m awayRef 19833383E0697
Slight
Car crash on the A606 in Melton, 16 October 1981
108 m awayRef 19813381E0829
Slight
Car crash on the A606 in Melton, 8 May 1981
200 m awayRef 19813381E0352
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX500
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)
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 1990339009008 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.