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Daventry road accidents in 2004: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 295 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 2004, and 456 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 56 were serious.

Collisions were up 4% on 2003 (283), and casualties rose from 412.

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 2004
295
Up 4% on 2003
Casualties in 2004
456
Up 11% on 2003
Fatal collisions
13
4.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
56
19% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 2004

4.4% of collisions in Daventry in 2004 were fatal and 19% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal134.4%
  • Serious5619%
  • Slight22677%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal132.9%
  • Serious7917%
  • Slight36480%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 2004 is highlighted, with 295, up 4% on 2003.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2004
  • 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 2004

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (11%)
  • Tuesday44 (15%)
  • Wednesday43 (15%)
  • Thursday42 (14%)
  • Friday52 (18%)
  • Saturday44 (15%)
  • Sunday39 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5911 (3.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5913 (4.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5927 (9.2%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5950 (17%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5943 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5973 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5947 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5931 (11%)

Collisions by month

  • January26 (8.8%)
  • February19 (6.4%)
  • March26 (8.8%)
  • April30 (10%)
  • May20 (6.8%)
  • June28 (9.5%)
  • July16 (5.4%)
  • August30 (10%)
  • September15 (5.1%)
  • October31 (11%)
  • November28 (9.5%)
  • December26 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight193 (65%)
  • Dark, no street lighting54 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit47 (16%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds242 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (1.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry180 (61%)
  • Wet or damp93 (32%)
  • Frost or ice12 (4.1%)
  • Oil or diesel4 (1.4%)
  • Mud3 (1%)
  • Snow3 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph55 (19%)
  • 40 mph9 (3.1%)
  • 60 mph145 (49%)
  • 70 mph86 (29%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway198 (67%)
  • Dual carriageway85 (29%)
  • Roundabout12 (4.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 2004

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant346 (76%)
  • Motorcyclist30 (6.6%)
  • Pedestrian22 (4.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)18 (3.9%)
  • Van occupant18 (3.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (3.1%)
  • Cyclist6 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (2.2%)
  • 6 to 1010 (2.2%)
  • 11 to 1515 (3.3%)
  • 16 to 2079 (17%)
  • 21 to 2558 (13%)
  • 26 to 3597 (21%)
  • 36 to 4577 (17%)
  • 46 to 5542 (9.2%)
  • 56 to 6529 (6.4%)
  • 66 to 7517 (3.7%)
  • Over 7522 (4.8%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider286 (63%)
  • Passenger148 (32%)
  • Pedestrian22 (4.8%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car428 (73%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes70 (12%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes35 (5.9%)
  • Motorcycle31 (5.3%)
  • Other vehicle8 (1.4%)
  • Pedal cycle7 (1.2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle4 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach3 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 2004

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2004 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 2004

Daventry South, West Northamptonshire, NN11 4GF area was the busiest accident hotspot in Daventry in 2004, with 14 collisions, 4 of them serious.

Roads in Daventry with the most crashes in 2004

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 2004: 72, including 2 fatal and 9 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 2004
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM17213129
2ndA45172804
3rdA5172317
4thA50162413
5thA428151801
6thA14141803
7thA508132904
8thA361101201
9thA43101922
10thB40367801
11thA4256810
12thB40383301
13thA42561101
14thB53851100

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 2004

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2004: 25.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 2004

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 2004: 150.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2004

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,168 collisions in 2004, and 25% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 2004

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 2004, 1 was fatal and 3 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2004.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years