Serious A47 crash in Rutland on 18 May 2014 at 13:50 involving a Jaguar X Type
A Jaguar X Type, a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A47 in Rutland at 13:50 on Sunday 18 May 2014. The 49-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured and the 31-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 May 2014
- Sunday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jaguar X Type and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59445, longitude -0.70776, in the LE15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rutland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014331400894
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1998.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A47 in Rutland, 15 August 1998
40 m awayRef 1998339806063
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A47 in Rutland, 18 April 2004
93 m awayRef 2004330402832
Slight
Vauxhall Astramax crash on the A47 in Rutland, 28 September 1993
138 m awayRef 1993339306791
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A47 in Rutland, 16 November 2006
188 m awayRef 2006330608262
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A47 in Rutland, 11 April 2017
198 m awayRef 2017331700422
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A47 in Rutland, 24 January 1998
207 m awayRef 1998339800651
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Honda
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki SV 650)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Honda)
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 2014331400894 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 2014.