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A47 crash in Melton on 27 January 2015 at 10:00 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a Vauxhall Signum were involved in a crash on the A47 in Melton at 10:00 on Tuesday 27 January 2015. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Signum and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Signum were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 2015
Tuesday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and Vauxhall Signum
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76687, longitude -0.88843, 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
2015331500145
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Signum

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Signum)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Signum)

    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 2015331500145 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 2015.