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Unclassified road crash in Melton LE13 on 5 November 2025 at 19:40 involving a Ford Kuga

A Ford Kuga and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Melton at 19:40 on Wednesday 5 November 2025. The 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Kuga and a female passenger in the Ford Kuga were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 2025
Wednesday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Kuga and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77428, longitude -0.90421, in the LE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton Mowbray. It is one of the crashes that make up the Melton Egerton, Melton, LE13 0PX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Melton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025332501062
Council area
Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025332501062 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 2025.