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Kettering road accidents in 2001: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 183 road traffic collisions in Kettering in 2001, and 258 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 41 were serious.

Collisions were down 23% on 2000 (237), and casualties fell from 326.

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 2001
183
Down 23% on 2000
Casualties in 2001
258
Down 21% on 2000
Fatal collisions
3
1.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
41
22% of collisions

Crash severity in Kettering in 2001

1.6% of collisions in Kettering in 2001 were fatal and 22% serious, against 2.2% and 28% in Kettering from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal31.6%
  • Serious4122%
  • Slight13976%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal41.6%
  • Serious5019%
  • Slight20479%

Kettering road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kettering, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 362 in 1982. 2001 is highlighted, with 183, down 23% on 2000.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2001
  • 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 2001

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (19%)
  • Tuesday30 (16%)
  • Wednesday28 (15%)
  • Thursday24 (13%)
  • Friday28 (15%)
  • Saturday24 (13%)
  • Sunday14 (7.7%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5910 (5.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (1.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5926 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5923 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5926 (14%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5955 (30%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5925 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5915 (8.2%)

Collisions by month

  • January17 (9.3%)
  • February10 (5.5%)
  • March11 (6%)
  • April17 (9.3%)
  • May17 (9.3%)
  • June13 (7.1%)
  • July13 (7.1%)
  • August10 (5.5%)
  • September14 (7.7%)
  • October16 (8.7%)
  • November23 (13%)
  • December22 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight129 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit44 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (5.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds153 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (14%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry119 (65%)
  • Wet or damp61 (33%)
  • Frost or ice2 (1.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph89 (49%)
  • 40 mph20 (11%)
  • 60 mph42 (23%)
  • 70 mph32 (17%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway124 (68%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (16%)
  • Roundabout26 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (2.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Kettering in 2001

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant178 (69%)
  • Pedestrian31 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (8.1%)
  • Cyclist15 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant9 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51 (0.4%)
  • 6 to 1010 (3.9%)
  • 11 to 1522 (8.5%)
  • 16 to 2049 (19%)
  • 21 to 2528 (11%)
  • 26 to 3545 (17%)
  • 36 to 4547 (18%)
  • 46 to 5524 (9.3%)
  • 56 to 6518 (7%)
  • 66 to 757 (2.7%)
  • Over 757 (2.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider156 (60%)
  • Passenger71 (28%)
  • Pedestrian31 (12%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car264 (76%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes24 (6.9%)
  • Motorcycle21 (6%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes17 (4.9%)
  • Pedal cycle15 (4.3%)
  • Bus or coach4 (1.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Kettering in 2001

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2001 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Kettering

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 Kettering in 2001

Kettering Central, North Northamptonshire, NN16 0SZ area was the busiest accident hotspot in Kettering in 2001, with 30 collisions, 4 of them serious.

Roads in Kettering with the most crashes in 2001

The A43 and A6003 had the most collisions in Kettering in 2001, with 23 each.

Roads ranked by collisions in Kettering, 2001
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA43233605
2ndA6003233209
3rdA14223205
4thA6182916
5thA4300121602
6thA509111900
7thA69007700
8thA60133300
9thA60983301
10thA4271301

Towns in Kettering: crashes in 2001

Kettering itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2001: 88.

Postcode districts in Kettering: crashes in 2001

NN15 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Kettering in 2001: 64.

North Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2001

North Northamptonshire recorded 757 collisions in 2001, and 24% of them were in the old Kettering district.

Other former districts in North Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Kettering in 2001

Of the last 24 crashes in Kettering in 2001, 2 were fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2001.

Severity

Kettering road accidents in other years