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Fatal A6121 crash in Rutland on 6 September 1983 at 21:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A6121 in Rutland at 21:05 on Tuesday 6 September 1983. The 19-year-old male rider and a 19-year-old male passenger were killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Sep 1983
Tuesday, 21:05
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61638, longitude -0.58276, in the PE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rutland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19833383E0691
Council area
Rutland
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6121
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 19833383E0691 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rutland road accident statistics for 1983.