A606 crash in Rutland on 27 August 2017 at 20:47 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
A motorcycle and a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were involved in a crash on the A606 in Rutland at 20:47 on Sunday 27 August 2017. The 37-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 24-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2017
- Sunday, 20:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65997, longitude -0.54869, in the PE9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rutland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017331701111
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 April 1991.
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A606 in Rutland, 18 April 1991
22 m awayRef 1991339102817
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the A606 in Rutland, 15 October 2009
23 m awayRef 2009330906228
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A606 in Rutland, 14 July 2012
33 m awayRef 2012331205635
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A606 in Rutland, 27 December 2008, ref 2008330808514
42 m awayRef 2008330808514
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A606 in Rutland, 19 October 1997
42 m awayRef 1997339707619
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A606 in Rutland, 27 December 2008, ref 2008330808512
42 m awayRef 2008330808512
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 821 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2017331701111 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 2017.