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A606 crash in Rutland on 6 June 1996 at 12:05 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A606 in Rutland at 12:05 on Thursday 6 June 1996. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jun 1996
Thursday, 12:05
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and Ford Escort
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67372, longitude -0.65899, in the LE15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rutland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996339604241
Council area
Rutland
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
606
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1996339604241 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.