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C road crash in Melton LE14 on 26 January 2000 at 18:35 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on a C road in Melton at 18:35 on Wednesday 26 January 2000. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 2000
Wednesday, 18:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80896, longitude -0.88018, in the LE14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000330000771
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 2000330000771 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 2000.