Road crashes in Melton

2,882 recorded collisions since 2000.

Melton has recorded 2,882 road collisions since 2000, 121 of them fatal and 448 causing serious injury. That makes it the 341st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 20% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 42 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 64% since 2000, from 181 to 66 in 2024. The A607 is the most affected road locally, with 605 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.