A6003 crash in Rutland on 26 January 1996 at 23:30 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla crashed on the A6003 in Rutland at 23:30 on Friday 26 January 1996. The 35-year-old male driver, an 18-year-old female passenger and a 21-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 1996
- Friday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58272, longitude -0.72243, in the LE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uppingham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996339600696
- Council area
- Rutland
- Police force
- Leicestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6003
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 1989.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 15 October 1989
10 m awayRef 19893389M0294
Serious
Car crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 30 September 1981
10 m awayRef 19813381E0775
Slight
Car crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 10 April 1996
10 m awayRef 1996339602831
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 4 March 1991
10 m awayRef 1991339101818
Slight
Nissan Cherry crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 3 February 2001
10 m awayRef 2001330101051
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 13 March 1997
40 m awayRef 1997339701818
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- 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 1996339600696 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 1996.