Serious A6006 crash in Melton on 13 January 1992 at 21:35 involving an Alfa Romeo Alfasud
An Alfa Romeo Alfasud crashed on the A6006 in Melton at 21:35 on Monday 13 January 1992. The 18-year-old male driver was seriously injured and an 18-year-old male passenger and a 15-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Jan 1992
- Monday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Alfa Romeo Alfasud
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76644, longitude -0.93657, in the LE14 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992339200322
- Council area
- Melton
- Police force
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 December 2010.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A6006 in Melton, 11 December 2010
At the same spotRef 2010331007264
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6006 in Melton, 12 August 2020
5 m awayRef 2020332000603
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6006 in Melton, 12 September 2012
10 m awayRef 2012331205908
Slight
Car crash on the A6006 in Melton, 31 October 1986
20 m awayRef 19863386E0919
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A6006 in Melton, 24 June 2014
21 m awayRef 2014331401168
Serious
Car crash on the A6006 in Melton, 13 September 1980
32 m awayRef 19803380E0783
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Alfasud
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Alfasud)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Alfasud)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Alfasud)
- 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 1992339200322 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 1992.