A606 crash in Melton on 24 September 2002 at 10:30 involving an LDV 400 Series van
An LDV 400 Series van and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A606 in Melton at 10:30 on Tuesday 24 September 2002. The 67-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2002
- Tuesday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- LDV 400 Series and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76243, longitude -0.88478, in the LE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton Mowbray. It is one of the crashes that make up the Melton Warwick, Melton, LE13 0TP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Melton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002330207448
- 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
- 606
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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 17 May 1983.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A606 in Melton, 17 May 1983
At the same spotRef 19833383E0339
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A606 in Melton, 19 April 1994
At the same spotRef 1994339403096
Slight
Car crash on the A606 in Melton, 23 February 1985
At the same spotRef 19853385E0140
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A6006 in Melton, 17 January 2009
At the same spotRef 2009330900318
Slight
Car crash on the A606 in Melton, 2 June 1994
At the same spotRef 1994339404666
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A606 in Melton, 4 December 2004
10 m awayRef 2004330409445
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: LDV 400 Series
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2002330207448 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 2002.