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Serious M45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 14 November 1991 at 06:40 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series crashed on the M45 in West Northamptonshire at 06:40 on Thursday 14 November 1991. The 30-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Nov 1991
Thursday, 06:40
Vehicles
1
Rover 400 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34123, longitude -1.20323, in the CV23 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199134ND05983
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 322 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

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 199134ND05983 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 1991.