A606 crash in Melton on 23 March 2022 at 13:30 involving a Mercedes CLC Class
A Mercedes CLC Class and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A606 in Melton at 13:30 on Wednesday 23 March 2022. The 17-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Mar 2022
- Wednesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes CLC Class and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71433, longitude -0.82111, 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
- 2022332200243
- 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
- 50 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a fatal crash on 26 October 1982.
Fatal
Car crash on the A606 in Melton, 26 October 1982
16 m awayRef 19823382E0887
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the A606 in Melton, 19 December 2000
16 m awayRef 2000330010147
Fatal
Honda Jazz crash on the A606 in Melton, 31 January 2006
16 m awayRef 2006330600725
Fatal
Peugeot 106 crash on the A606 in Melton, 26 April 1997
16 m awayRef 1997339703005
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A606 in Melton, 11 January 1996
25 m awayRef 1996339600233
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A606 in Melton, 28 March 1995
25 m awayRef 1995339502297
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLC Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2022332200243 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 2022.