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B6047 crash in Melton on 7 October 2001 at 11:00 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B6047 in Melton at 11:00 on Sunday 7 October 2001. A 15-year-old male passenger in the Ford Orion, the 15-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Oct 2001
Sunday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Ford Focus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.72116, longitude -0.90286, 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
2001330107828
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,989 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    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 2001330107828 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.