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Daventry road accidents in 2002: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 297 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 2002, and 428 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 73 were serious.

Collisions were up 11% on 2001 (268), and casualties rose from 406.

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 2002
297
Up 11% on 2001
Casualties in 2002
428
Up 5% on 2001
Fatal collisions
10
3.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
73
25% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 2002

3.4% of collisions in Daventry in 2002 were fatal and 25% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal103.4%
  • Serious7325%
  • Slight21472%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal122.8%
  • Serious9723%
  • Slight31975%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 2002 is highlighted, with 297, up 11% on 2001.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2002
  • 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 2002

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (12%)
  • Tuesday39 (13%)
  • Wednesday49 (16%)
  • Thursday44 (15%)
  • Friday62 (21%)
  • Saturday28 (9.4%)
  • Sunday38 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5918 (6.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5913 (4.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5939 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5940 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5961 (21%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5955 (19%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5952 (18%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5919 (6.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January20 (6.7%)
  • February26 (8.8%)
  • March18 (6.1%)
  • April18 (6.1%)
  • May35 (12%)
  • June16 (5.4%)
  • July26 (8.8%)
  • August19 (6.4%)
  • September21 (7.1%)
  • October34 (11%)
  • November27 (9.1%)
  • December37 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight203 (68%)
  • Dark, no street lighting48 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit42 (14%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds211 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds66 (22%)
  • Fog or mist8 (2.7%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry176 (59%)
  • Wet or damp114 (38%)
  • Frost or ice5 (1.7%)
  • Mud1 (0.3%)
  • Oil or diesel1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph62 (21%)
  • 40 mph15 (5.1%)
  • 50 mph3 (1%)
  • 60 mph140 (47%)
  • 70 mph76 (26%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway208 (70%)
  • Dual carriageway77 (26%)
  • Roundabout12 (4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 2002

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant320 (75%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant23 (5.4%)
  • Pedestrian16 (3.7%)
  • Cyclist11 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 58 (1.9%)
  • 6 to 108 (1.9%)
  • 11 to 1520 (4.7%)
  • 16 to 2071 (17%)
  • 21 to 2560 (14%)
  • 26 to 3598 (23%)
  • 36 to 4568 (16%)
  • 46 to 5558 (14%)
  • 56 to 6518 (4.2%)
  • 66 to 7511 (2.6%)
  • Over 758 (1.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider285 (67%)
  • Passenger127 (30%)
  • Pedestrian16 (3.7%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car426 (72%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes63 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes44 (7.5%)
  • Motorcycle38 (6.5%)
  • Pedal cycle11 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 2002

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2002 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Daventry

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Daventry in 2002

Daventry South, West Northamptonshire, NN11 4GF area was the busiest accident hotspot in Daventry in 2002, with 15 collisions, 1 of them serious.

Roads in Daventry with the most crashes in 2002

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 2002: 59, including 2 fatal and 17 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 2002
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM15977217
2ndA361203025
3rdA45202504
4thA14172503
5thA50141815
6thA508132103
7thA428121613
8thA5121716
9thA43111302
10thA42581201
11thB403861300
12thB40364600
13thB53854500
14thB40372200
15thA42561101

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 2002

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2002: 31.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 2002

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 2002: 138.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2002

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,176 collisions in 2002, and 25% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 2002

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 2002, 3 were fatal and 2 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2002.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years