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Serious B1081 crash in Rutland on 5 May 1985 at 21:05 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1081 in Rutland at 21:05 on Sunday 5 May 1985. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 23-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.

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
Serious
Date
5 May 1985
Sunday, 21:05
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67217, longitude -0.52771, in the PE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rutland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385E0324
Council area
Rutland
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1081
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 19853385E0324 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 1985.