A607 crash in Melton on 5 November 2011 at 20:45 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 20:45 on Saturday 5 November 2011. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2011
- Saturday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Peugeot 307
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81746, longitude -0.81111, 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
- 2011331106201
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1999.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A607 in Melton, 27 June 1999
At the same spotRef 1999339904988
Slight
Car crash on the A607 in Melton, 13 June 1981
At the same spotRef 19813381E0449
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A607 in Melton, 3 July 2002
At the same spotRef 2002330205249
Serious
Optare Solo crash on the A607 in Melton, 15 October 2008
At the same spotRef 2008330806724
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A607 in Melton, 6 May 1983
At the same spotRef 19833383E0314
Fatal
Car crash on the A607 in Melton, 30 May 1985
At the same spotRef 19853385E0401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2011331106201 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 2011.