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Daventry road accidents in 2000: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 291 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 2000, and 460 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 66 were serious.

Collisions were down 7% on 1999 (313), and casualties fell from 517.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 12,745 collisions in Daventry.

District council until April 2021, now part of West Northamptonshire. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 2000
291
Down 7% on 1999
Casualties in 2000
460
Down 11% on 1999
Fatal collisions
17
5.8% of collisions
Serious collisions
66
23% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 2000

5.8% of collisions in Daventry in 2000 were fatal and 23% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal175.8%
  • Serious6623%
  • Slight20871%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal214.6%
  • Serious8919%
  • Slight35076%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 2000 is highlighted, with 291, down 7% on 1999.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2000
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025155228
2024172257
2023185263
2022166227
2021145203
2020106160
2019114176
2018137208
2017171234
2016184250
2015188259
2014186252
2013203283
2012189267
2011156236
2010182262
2009213295
2008255364
2007252372
2006279415
2005259375
2004295456
2003283412
2002297428
2001268406
2000291460
1999313517
1998317479
1997292448
1996262414
1995295467
1994302472
1993300463
1992309456
1991356531
1990385573
1989464737
1988395581
1987378619
1986359538
1985376596
1984403631
1983316467
1982445684
1981398592
1980401573
1979348545

When and where crashes happen in Daventry in 2000

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday33 (11%)
  • Tuesday45 (15%)
  • Wednesday47 (16%)
  • Thursday37 (13%)
  • Friday53 (18%)
  • Saturday32 (11%)
  • Sunday44 (15%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5910 (3.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5914 (4.8%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5946 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5943 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5951 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5957 (20%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5942 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5928 (9.6%)

Collisions by month

  • January25 (8.6%)
  • February17 (5.8%)
  • March20 (6.9%)
  • April20 (6.9%)
  • May18 (6.2%)
  • June24 (8.2%)
  • July31 (11%)
  • August19 (6.5%)
  • September23 (7.9%)
  • October40 (14%)
  • November31 (11%)
  • December23 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight196 (67%)
  • Dark, no street lighting54 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (13%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds237 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (11%)
  • Fog or mist8 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry188 (65%)
  • Wet or damp91 (31%)
  • Frost or ice8 (2.7%)
  • Mud2 (0.7%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)
  • Snow1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph56 (19%)
  • 40 mph8 (2.7%)
  • 50 mph6 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph151 (52%)
  • 70 mph69 (24%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway201 (69%)
  • Dual carriageway72 (25%)
  • Roundabout18 (6.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 2000

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant332 (72%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (6.7%)
  • Van occupant31 (6.7%)
  • Pedestrian21 (4.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (3.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (2.8%)
  • Cyclist8 (1.7%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 57 (1.5%)
  • 6 to 1016 (3.5%)
  • 11 to 1531 (6.7%)
  • 16 to 2058 (13%)
  • 21 to 2558 (13%)
  • 26 to 35101 (22%)
  • 36 to 4582 (18%)
  • 46 to 5558 (13%)
  • 56 to 6529 (6.3%)
  • 66 to 7514 (3%)
  • Over 756 (1.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider282 (61%)
  • Passenger157 (34%)
  • Pedestrian21 (4.6%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car426 (74%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes56 (9.8%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes37 (6.5%)
  • Motorcycle30 (5.2%)
  • Pedal cycle8 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach6 (1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 2000

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2000 in Daventry

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Daventry with the most crashes in 2000

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 2000: 44, including 1 fatal and 8 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 2000
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM1447118
2ndA5253749
3rdA14224204
4thA361213031
5thA45213116
6thA50193540
7thA428131915
8thA508111600
9thA42566903
10thA434500
11thA4253401
12thB40363300
13thB403731702
14thB53853500
15thM453511

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 2000

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2000: 18.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 2000

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 2000: 134.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2000

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,309 collisions in 2000, and 22% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 2000

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 2000, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2000.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years