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B6047 crash in Melton on 19 December 1997 at 22:15 involving a Citroen BX

A car and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the B6047 in Melton at 22:15 on Friday 19 December 1997. A 15-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1997
Friday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen BX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76062, longitude -0.89003, 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
1997339709822
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 1997339709822 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.