A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 19 March 1993 at 17:30 involving an Austin Morris Princess
An Austin Morris Princess and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 17:30 on Friday 19 March 1993. The 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 1993
- Friday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Morris Princess and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09682, longitude -0.92483, in the NN12 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199334TD00211
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2008.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 18 December 2008
20 m awayRef 200834WS60528
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 2 August 2021
44 m awayRef 202134WNC9091
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 27 April 2005
50 m awayRef 200534ND01775
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 8 April 2017
89 m awayRef 201734WS02757
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 8 October 2011
92 m awayRef 201134WS34871
Slight
BMW X1 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 5 February 2018
98 m awayRef 2018340S01301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Princess
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 199334TD00211 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.