A6003 crash in Rutland on 11 October 2025 at 22:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on the A6003 in Rutland at 22:30 on Saturday 11 October 2025. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2025
- Saturday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Land Rover Defender
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63071, longitude -0.70796, in the LE15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Braunston & Martinsthorpe, Rutland, LE15 8SU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rutland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025332500987
- Council area
- Rutland
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6003
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1996.
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 6 September 1996
16 m awayRef 1996339606539
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 10 July 2000
16 m awayRef 2000330005114
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 24 September 2000
21 m awayRef 2000330007167
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 30 July 2003
21 m awayRef 2003330305823
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 20 April 2003
21 m awayRef 2003330303118
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A6003 in Rutland, 12 February 1996
21 m awayRef 1996339601273
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2025332500987 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 2025.