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A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 21 October 1997 at 09:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 09:30 on Tuesday 21 October 1997. The 44-year-old female driver of the Fiat Panda and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Panda were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 1997
Tuesday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Fiat Panda
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06435, longitude -1.09482, in the NN13 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199734ND00544
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
43
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4525

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199734ND00544 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.