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A606 crash in Melton on 12 April 2016 at 17:00 involving a Kia Picanto

A Kia Picanto and a car were involved in a crash on the A606 in Melton at 17:00 on Tuesday 12 April 2016. The 52-year-old female driver of the Kia Picanto and a 12-year-old male passenger in the Kia Picanto were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 2016
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Kia Picanto and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77261, longitude -0.89364, 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 Egerton, Melton, LE13 0PX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016331600579
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
606
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,086 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

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 2016331600579 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 2016.