A607 crash in Melton on 10 November 2016 at 16:30 involving a Subaru Impreza
A Subaru Impreza and a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 16:30 on Thursday 10 November 2016. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Nov 2016
- Thursday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Subaru Impreza and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74017, longitude -0.99757, 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
- 2016331601876
- 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
- 607
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 June 1991.
Serious
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A607 in Melton, 6 June 1991
4 m awayRef 1991339104023
Slight
Van crash on the A607 in Melton, 27 February 1988
4 m awayRef 19883388M0054
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A607 in Melton, 15 August 2016
7 m awayRef 2016331601357
Slight
Dodge crash on the A607 in Melton, 20 May 1993
10 m awayRef 1993339303479
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A607 in Melton, 3 April 1983
32 m awayRef 19833383E0223
Slight
Car crash on the A607 in Melton, 1 July 1982
32 m awayRef 19823382E0525
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,457 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016331601876 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.