C road crash in Melton LE14 on 12 December 2022 at 14:30 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus and a Toyota GT86 were involved in a crash on a C road in Melton at 14:30 on Monday 12 December 2022. The 23-year-old male driver of the Toyota GT86 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2022
- Monday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alexander Dennis and Toyota GT86
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76019, longitude -0.95599, 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
- 2022332201072
- Council area
- Melton
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 September 1986.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Melton, 12 September 1986
5 m awayRef 19863386E0744
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on a C road in Melton, 20 November 2017
9 m awayRef 2017331701670
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Melton, 3 November 1988
11 m awayRef 19883388M0323
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Melton, 12 February 2009
11 m awayRef 2009330900966
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on a C road in Melton, 4 November 2023
15 m awayRef 2023332301089
Slight
Austin Mini crash on a C road in Melton, 13 August 1997
40 m awayRef 1997339705897
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota GT86
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota GT86)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022332201072 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.