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Unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire NN16 on 5 December 1997 at 09:45 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A Metrocab Metrocab taxi crashed on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 09:45 on Friday 5 December 1997. A 31-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1997
Friday, 09:45
Vehicles
1
Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40283, longitude -0.70603, in the NN16 postcode district. 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
199734NC00844
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    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 199734NC00844 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.