A6006 crash in Melton on 2 September 2014 at 17:32 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4, a Citroen Dispatch van and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the A6006 in Melton at 17:32 on Tuesday 2 September 2014. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Dispatch van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 2014
- Tuesday, 17:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77161, longitude -0.98564, in the LE14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frisby-on-the-Wreake, Melton, LE14 3PF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Melton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014331401575
- 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
- 6006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 1991.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A6006 in Melton, 30 March 1991
At the same spotRef 1991339102419
Slight
Car crash on the A6006 in Melton, 4 February 1989
At the same spotRef 19893389M0026
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A6006 in Melton, 21 August 2001
At the same spotRef 2001330106512
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A6006 in Melton, 5 July 2002
At the same spotRef 2002330205078
Serious
Lorry crash on the A6006 in Melton, 1 May 1980
At the same spotRef 19803380E0328
Slight
Honda CBR600F crash on the A6006 in Melton, 2 July 1996
At the same spotRef 1996339604870
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Dispatch
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Dispatch)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2014331401575 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 2014.