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A607 crash in Melton on 25 May 2012 at 07:58 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle crashed on the A607 in Melton at 07:58 on Friday 25 May 2012. The 40-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 May 2012
Friday, 07:58
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74902, longitude -0.92654, in the LE14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frisby-on-the-Wreake, Melton, LE14 2TR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012331205218
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
50 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
Unclassified

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 2012331205218 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 2012.