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B668 crash in Rutland on 14 March 1997 at 14:40 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series and a Vauxhall Astramax were involved in a crash on the B668 in Rutland at 14:40 on Friday 14 March 1997. The 29-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astramax was 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
14 Mar 1997
Friday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Rover 100 Series and Vauxhall Astramax
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.72915, longitude -0.60043, 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
1997339701947
Council area
Rutland
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
668
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
B
Second road number
668

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 6 February 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astramax

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astramax)

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 1997339701947 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.