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A606 crash in Rutland on 19 February 1997 at 08:50 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A606 in Rutland at 08:50 on Wednesday 19 February 1997. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67402, longitude -0.7353, 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
1997339701251
Council area
Rutland
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1997339701251 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 1997.