Fatal B668 crash in Rutland on 18 November 2013 at 06:43 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and an ERF lorry were involved in a crash on the B668 in Rutland at 06:43 on Monday 18 November 2013. The 51-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was killed.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 18 Nov 2013
- Monday, 06:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and ERF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71664, longitude -0.64833, in the LE15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rutland
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013331302069
- Council area
- Rutland
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2005.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B668 in Rutland, 1 October 2005
At the same spotRef 2005330507336
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the B668 in Rutland, 24 August 1995
At the same spotRef 1995339505730
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B668 in Rutland, 24 April 2025
At the same spotRef 2025332500175
Serious
Van crash on the B668 in Rutland, 6 July 1981
At the same spotRef 19813381E0530
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B668 in Rutland, 5 July 1996
At the same spotRef 1996339604978
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B668 in Rutland, 1 August 2004
10 m awayRef 2004330405679
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: ERF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,871 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
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 2013331302069 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 2013.