A47 crash in Rutland on 24 February 2012 at 07:50 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A47 in Rutland at 07:50 on Friday 24 February 2012. The 24-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series, the 27-year-old male driver of the car and a 64-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2012
- Friday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59359, longitude -0.69944, 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
- 2012331201074
- Council area
- Rutland
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Crossroads
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A47 in Rutland, 31 October 1986
5 m awayRef 19863386E0920
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the A47 in Rutland, 26 July 1997
5 m awayRef 1997339705318
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A47 in Rutland, 26 March 1996
5 m awayRef 1996339602413
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A47 in Rutland, 24 March 2005
5 m awayRef 2005330502170
Slight
Suzuki GSX 600 crash on the A47 in Rutland, 16 December 2005
5 m awayRef 2005330509860
Fatal
Subaru Legacy crash on the A47 in Rutland, 14 April 2001
5 m awayRef 2001330103136
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2012331201074 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 2012.