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Serious A606 crash in Melton on 28 October 2003 at 17:10 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A606 in Melton at 17:10 on Tuesday 28 October 2003. The male driver of the Rover 200 Series was seriously injured and the 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Oct 2003
Tuesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80739, longitude -0.93496, in the LE14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Dalby, Melton, LE14 3JD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003330308348
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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 16 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

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 2003330308348 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 2003.