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A47 crash in Rutland on 5 October 1997 at 13:15 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a Ducati motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A47 in Rutland at 13:15 on Sunday 5 October 1997. The 46-year-old male rider of the Ducati motorcycle and the 43-year-old female driver of the Citroen BX 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
5 Oct 1997
Sunday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and Ducati
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59324, longitude -0.64123, 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
1997339707237
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
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
Unclassified

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 5 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ducati

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Ducati)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

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 1997339707237 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.