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Melton Mowbray road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,089 road traffic collisions in Melton Mowbray, Melton, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,533 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 33 were fatal and 323 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 20 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,089
443rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,533
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
33
34 people killed
Serious collisions
323
338 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
20
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
22
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Melton Mowbray

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal331.6%
  • Serious32315%
  • Slight1,73383%

What the data shows

  • Melton Mowbray had 206 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 370 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Melton Mowbray were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 523 children under 16 were killed or injured in Melton Mowbray, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Melton Mowbray.

Where Melton Mowbray ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
443rd
Most casualties
462nd
Most fatal collisions
310th
Most serious collisions
473rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday272 (13%)
  • Tuesday363 (17%)
  • Wednesday281 (13%)
  • Thursday303 (15%)
  • Friday354 (17%)
  • Saturday305 (15%)
  • Sunday211 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,634 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit435 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,906 (91%)
  • One way street or slip road78 (3.7%)
  • Dual carriageway59 (2.8%)
  • Roundabout39 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 30 mph1,929 (92%)
  • 40 mph129 (6.2%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph25 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,684 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds224 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds22 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist12 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other75 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded35 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,074 (42%)
  • Pedestrian673 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist365 (14%)
  • Cyclist295 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant33 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant31 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)22 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant15 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.4%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Melton Mowbray road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Melton Mowbray, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Melton Mowbray peaked at 73 in 1983; 2025 had 20.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 20
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252022
20241415
20231314
20222123
20211926
20201621
20191924
20182630
20172326
20163541
20153337
20143038
20134047
20124151
20113451
20104361
20095186
20083240
20073941
20062734
20054454
20045870
20034351
20024859
20014252
20005566
19995571
19985270
19976290
19965875
19955060
19946372
19934449
19926578
19914347
19905666
19895672
19885968
19876581
19865763
19855461
19846673
19837380
19826371
19816270
19806374
19795762

Map of recent crashes in Melton Mowbray

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Melton Mowbray

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Melton Mowbray

The 24 most recent collisions in Melton Mowbray happened between 10 October 2024 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Melton Mowbray

The A606 has the most collisions in Melton Mowbray, 607 of 2,089 (29%), followed by the A607 (492).

Collisions in Melton Mowbray on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6066077311084
2ndA607492636876
3rdB6047154212320
4thA600696119116
5thB676283715

Council area for Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray is in Melton, where police recorded 6,708 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Melton Mowbray accounts for 31% of them.

Postcode district for Melton Mowbray

Of the 2,089 collisions in Melton Mowbray, 2,087 (99.9%) were in the LE13 postcode district.