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A607 crash in Melton on 8 September 2001 at 01:20 involving a Rover

A Rover and a car were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 01:20 on Saturday 8 September 2001. The 28-year-old male driver of the Rover was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2001
Saturday, 01:20
Vehicles
2
Rover and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84584, longitude -0.78242, in the NG32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001330107180
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
Dark, no street lighting
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 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover)

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 2001330107180 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 2001.