A6006 crash in Melton on 31 October 2014 at 08:26 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A6006 in Melton at 08:26 on Friday 31 October 2014. The 24-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2014
- Friday, 08:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.78887, longitude -1.01751, 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
- 2014331402035
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 1998.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A6006 in Melton, 3 June 1998
4 m awayRef 1998339804131
Slight
Audi Coupe crash on the A6006 in Melton, 4 February 1992
4 m awayRef 1992339201025
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6006 in Melton, 3 September 2001
4 m awayRef 2001330106839
Slight
Car crash on the A6006 in Melton, 18 December 1985
4 m awayRef 19853385E1025
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A6006 in Melton, 18 April 2000
4 m awayRef 2000330002981
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the B676 in Melton, 10 June 2011
4 m awayRef 2011331103395
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
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 2014331402035 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.