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Serious C road crash in Melton LE14 on 3 May 2018 at 00:29 involving a Peugeot Partner van

A Peugeot Partner van crashed on a C road in Melton at 00:29 on Thursday 3 May 2018. A 28-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 2018
Thursday, 00:29
Vehicles
1
Peugeot Partner
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80903, longitude -0.88014, in the LE14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018331800633
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018331800633 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 2018.