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Unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire NN15 on 2 November 1997 at 20:15 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Sapphire were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 20:15 on Sunday 2 November 1997. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Sapphire, a 12-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sapphire and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sapphire were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1997
Sunday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Sapphire
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39144, longitude -0.72576, in the NN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kettering. The location was in the former Kettering district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199734NC00724
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sapphire

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sapphire)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sapphire)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sapphire)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199734NC00724 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.