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Serious B6047 crash in Melton on 22 February 1994 at 09:12 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro and a John Deere were involved in a crash on the B6047 in Melton at 09:12 on Tuesday 22 February 1994. The 34-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Feb 1994
Tuesday, 09:12
Vehicles
2
Austin Maestro and John Deere
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.73264, longitude -0.88822, in the LE14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994339401541
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6047
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: John Deere

    Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

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 1994339401541 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 1994.