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Kettering road accidents in 2000: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 237 road traffic collisions in Kettering in 2000, and 326 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 45 were serious.

Collisions were up 10% on 1999 (216), and casualties rose from 309.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 10,816 collisions in Kettering.

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

Collisions in 2000
237
Up 10% on 1999
Casualties in 2000
326
Up 6% on 1999
Fatal collisions
4
1.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
45
19% of collisions

Crash severity in Kettering in 2000

1.7% of collisions in Kettering in 2000 were fatal and 19% serious, against 2.2% and 28% in Kettering from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal41.7%
  • Serious4519%
  • Slight18879%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal41.2%
  • Serious5116%
  • Slight27183%

Kettering road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kettering, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 362 in 1982. 2000 is highlighted, with 237, up 10% on 1999.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2000
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025164209
2024159210
2023160219
2022156190
2021142188
2020105132
2019131168
2018123227
2017144181
2016128174
2015148188
2014191242
2013161209
2012171242
2011175232
2010188250
2009207272
2008203267
2007213280
2006220299
2005241344
2004248326
2003221328
2002229317
2001183258
2000237326
1999216309
1998212313
1997241345
1996268386
1995248351
1994224311
1993209277
1992252331
1991252329
1990335477
1989339492
1988326454
1987334450
1986349473
1985330453
1984348439
1983303396
1982362498
1981312427
1980360489
1979348488

When and where crashes happen in Kettering in 2000

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (17%)
  • Tuesday32 (14%)
  • Wednesday30 (13%)
  • Thursday33 (14%)
  • Friday43 (18%)
  • Saturday33 (14%)
  • Sunday26 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:599 (3.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5933 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5928 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5941 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5959 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5944 (19%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5920 (8.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January17 (7.2%)
  • February14 (5.9%)
  • March8 (3.4%)
  • April25 (11%)
  • May16 (6.8%)
  • June19 (8%)
  • July22 (9.3%)
  • August20 (8.4%)
  • September31 (13%)
  • October25 (11%)
  • November15 (6.3%)
  • December25 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight168 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (5.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds186 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (16%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry146 (62%)
  • Wet or damp86 (36%)
  • Frost or ice2 (0.8%)
  • Oil or diesel2 (0.8%)
  • Snow1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph111 (47%)
  • 40 mph30 (13%)
  • 50 mph3 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph50 (21%)
  • 70 mph43 (18%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway154 (65%)
  • Dual carriageway46 (19%)
  • Roundabout31 (13%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (2.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Kettering in 2000

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant230 (71%)
  • Pedestrian29 (8.9%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (8%)
  • Cyclist16 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant8 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (1.5%)
  • 6 to 1013 (4%)
  • 11 to 1520 (6.1%)
  • 16 to 2052 (16%)
  • 21 to 2533 (10%)
  • 26 to 3582 (25%)
  • 36 to 4544 (13%)
  • 46 to 5539 (12%)
  • 56 to 6521 (6.4%)
  • 66 to 7510 (3.1%)
  • Over 757 (2.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider207 (63%)
  • Passenger90 (28%)
  • Pedestrian29 (8.9%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car357 (77%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes28 (6%)
  • Motorcycle26 (5.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes24 (5.2%)
  • Pedal cycle16 (3.4%)
  • Bus or coach4 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Kettering in 2000

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2000 in Kettering

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Kettering with the most crashes in 2000

The A14 had the most collisions in Kettering in 2000: 39, including 1 fatal and 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Kettering, 2000
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA14396217
2ndA6003315108
3rdA6243715
4thA43182713
5thA4300161903
6thA509101403
7thA6098101201
8thA69007803
9thA4275711
10thB6693300
11thA60131200
12thB5761200

Towns in Kettering: crashes in 2000

Kettering itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2000: 103.

Postcode districts in Kettering: crashes in 2000

NN14 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Kettering in 2000: 77.

North Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2000

North Northamptonshire recorded 847 collisions in 2000, and 28% of them were in the old Kettering district.

Other former districts in North Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Kettering in 2000

Of the last 24 crashes in Kettering in 2000, none were fatal and 3 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2000.

Severity

Kettering road accidents in other years