A6003 crash in North Northamptonshire on 2 September 1997 at 08:55 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion, a car and a Land Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the A6003 in North Northamptonshire at 08:55 on Tuesday 2 September 1997. The 28-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 1997
- Tuesday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Orion and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39439, longitude -0.72376, in the NN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kettering. The location was in the former Kettering district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199734NC00573
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6003
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2017.
Slight
Car crash on the A6003 in North Northamptonshire, 28 April 2017
6 m awayRef 201734NK03057
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in North Northamptonshire, 8 April 1983
10 m awayRef 198334AK00270
Slight
Car crash on the A6003 in North Northamptonshire, 3 April 2025
19 m awayRef 2025340NN1662
Slight
Mobility scooter crash on the A6003 in North Northamptonshire, 25 September 2025
21 m awayRef 2025340NN4072
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A6003 in North Northamptonshire, 5 July 2013
22 m awayRef 201334NK14473
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in North Northamptonshire, 21 December 1982
28 m awayRef 198234AK00975
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, 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 199734NC00573 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1997.