A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 2 August 1993 at 09:55 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 09:55 on Monday 2 August 1993. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 22-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 1993
- Monday, 09:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23253, longitude -0.8807, in the NN1 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
- 199334NN00668
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 428
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1991.
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 24 September 1991
At the same spotRef 199134NN00873
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 30 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200734WN04827
Slight
Honda CBR crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 22 August 2025
9 m awayRef 2025340WN4622
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 3 January 2025
10 m awayRef 2025340WN0662
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 8 September 2020
10 m awayRef 2020340N05582
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 23 May 2001
14 m awayRef 200134NN00633
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 199334NN00668 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 1993.