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Serious A47 crash in Rutland on 29 July 1992 at 11:20 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a car were involved in a crash on the A47 in Rutland at 11:20 on Wednesday 29 July 1992. The 60-year-old male driver of the Volvo 340 and a 58-year-old male passenger in the Volvo 340 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jul 1992
Wednesday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59312, longitude -0.63887, in the LE15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rutland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992339205173
Council area
Rutland
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1992339205173 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 1992.