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Unclassified road crash in Melton LE13 on 18 September 1997 at 09:10 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Melton at 09:10 on Thursday 18 September 1997. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Sep 1997
Thursday, 09:10
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76241, longitude -0.89917, in the LE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton Mowbray.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997339706770
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1997339706770 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 1997.