A45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 27 July 1997 at 10:30 involving a Honda CBR1000F motorcycle
A Honda CBR1000F motorcycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire at 10:30 on Sunday 27 July 1997. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1000F motorcycle, the 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 24-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 1997
- Sunday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR1000F and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26846, longitude -1.18387, in the NN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Daventry. The location was in the former Daventry district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199734ND00361
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 361
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
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The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 November 2017.
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Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 13 July 2013
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Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 23 September 2015
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Serious
Moto Guzzi crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 21 October 2003
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Serious
Car crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 15 February 1979
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Slight
Lorry crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 16 April 1985
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR1000F
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 937 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1000F)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 199734ND00361 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 1997.