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Serious A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 16 October 1993 at 08:36 involving a Mercedes 300

A Mercedes 300 crashed on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 08:36 on Saturday 16 October 1993. The 21-year-old female driver was seriously injured and an 8-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Oct 1993
Saturday, 08:36
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 300
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.042, longitude -1.13566, in the NN13 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199334TD01025
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
43
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199334TD01025 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.