A607 crash in Melton on 19 June 2018 at 13:28 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia, a Peugeot 206 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A607 in Melton at 13:28 on Tuesday 19 June 2018. The 57-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Insignia, the 52-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 39-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 2018
- Tuesday, 13:28
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Insignia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75355, longitude -0.91591, in the LE13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Melton Dorian, Melton, LE13 0GU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Melton
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018331800904
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2011.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A607 in Melton, 7 April 2011
7 m awayRef 2011331101900
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A607 in Melton, 26 December 2004
7 m awayRef 2004330410149
Slight
Car crash on the A607 in Melton, 1 October 2021
7 m awayRef 2021332100776
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A607 in Melton, 21 September 2014
10 m awayRef 2014331401783
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A607 in Melton, 21 December 1989
49 m awayRef 19893389M0395
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A607 in Melton, 14 January 2002
55 m awayRef 2002330200407
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2018331800904 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.