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A607 crash in Melton on 19 October 1999 at 18:30 involving a Jaguar S Type

A Jaguar S Type and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 18:30 on Tuesday 19 October 1999. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta, the 49-year-old male driver of the Jaguar S Type and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Jaguar S Type were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 1999
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Jaguar S Type and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76102, longitude -0.89742, 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
1999339908087
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
607
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar S Type

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar S Type)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar S Type)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1999339908087 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 1999.