B6047 crash in Melton on 2 October 2012 at 08:38 involving a Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle
A Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle, a Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the B6047 in Melton at 08:38 on Tuesday 2 October 2012. The 20-year-old male rider of the Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2012
- Tuesday, 08:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Qingqi QM 125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75793, longitude -0.88838, 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
- 2012331206153
- 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
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a fatal crash on 20 October 1982.
Fatal
Car crash on the B6047 in Melton, 20 October 1982
16 m awayRef 19823382E0874
Serious
Mercedes crash on the B6047 in Melton, 14 August 2017
17 m awayRef 2017331701304
Slight
Car crash on the B6047 in Melton, 26 August 1991
35 m awayRef 1991339106039
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B6047 in Melton, 18 August 2022
41 m awayRef 2022332200681
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6047 in Melton, 11 October 1983
47 m awayRef 19833383E0819
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the B6047 in Melton, 18 February 1990
57 m awayRef 1990339001356
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Qingqi QM 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Qingqi QM 125)
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 2012331206153 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.