Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A607 crash in Melton on 14 July 2000 at 15:50 involving a Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 15:50 on Friday 14 July 2000. The 49-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jul 2000
Friday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Yamaha YZF 1000 R and Toyota RAV4
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74862, longitude -0.92751, in the LE14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000330005371
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
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
Daylight
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 2 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF 1000 R

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF 1000 R)

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 2000330005371 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.