A361 crash in West Northamptonshire on 22 December 1995 at 19:27 involving a Mercedes lorry
Four vehicles, including a Mercedes lorry and a Volvo lorry, were involved in a crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire at 19:27 on Friday 22 December 1995. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 1995
- Friday, 19:27
- Vehicles
- 4
- Mercedes and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27904, longitude -1.16726, in the NN11 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199534ND05488
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 10 August 1987
10 m awayRef 198734BD01027
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 10 February 2024
37 m awayRef 2024340WN1152
Serious
Car crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 6 December 1981
45 m awayRef 198134DD01156
Serious
Lorry crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 1 June 1988
50 m awayRef 198834BD00699
Slight
Van crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 16 August 1979
81 m awayRef 197934DD00503
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 1 March 2017
125 m awayRef 201734WD01077
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: MAN
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,871 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Sierra
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, taxi occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Sierra)
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 199534ND05488 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 1995.