Fatal A606 crash in Rutland on 25 December 2014 at 08:48 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the A606 in Rutland at 08:48 on Thursday 25 December 2014. The 51-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo and the 48-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max were killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 25 Dec 2014
- Thursday, 08:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Ford C-Max
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.705, longitude -0.79463, in the LE15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rutland
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014331402390
- Council area
- Rutland
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 606
- 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
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 August 2001.
Serious
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A606 in Rutland, 6 August 2001
14 m awayRef 2001330106038
Fatal
Car crash on the A606 in Rutland, 8 August 1988
22 m awayRef 19883388M0201
Slight
Minibus crash on the A606 in Rutland, 22 January 1980
28 m awayRef 19803380E0071
Serious
Car crash on the A606 in Rutland, 16 October 1982
64 m awayRef 19823382E0870
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A606 in Rutland, 13 March 1999
72 m awayRef 1999339902065
Slight
Car crash on the A606 in Rutland, 17 August 2014
72 m awayRef 2014331401559
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
Casualty 2: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
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 2014331402390 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.