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A45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 5 June 1990 at 16:45 involving a car

Five cars and a van were involved in a crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire at 16:45 on Tuesday 5 June 1990. The 71-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and the 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 5 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jun 1990
Tuesday, 16:45
Vehicles
6
Car and 5 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22946, longitude -0.87052, in the NN4 postcode district. The location was in the former Northampton district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199034BS05583
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
428

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2011.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 6: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199034BS05583 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1990.