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A6006 crash in Melton on 21 December 1991 at 09:10 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette and a Rover 800 Series were involved in a crash on the A6006 in Melton at 09:10 on Saturday 21 December 1991. A 17-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Chevette was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1991
Saturday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Chevette and Rover 800 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76656, longitude -0.9004, in the LE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton Mowbray.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991339109262
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6006
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1991339109262 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 1991.