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Unclassified road crash in Melton LE13 on 21 December 1995 at 09:10 involving a Vauxhall Astramax

A Vauxhall Astramax and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Melton at 09:10 on Thursday 21 December 1995. The 41-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1995
Thursday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astramax and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75851, longitude -0.87586, 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
1995339509407
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astramax

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1995339509407 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 1995.