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Serious A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 26 January 1997 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Rover Sterling were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 12:30 on Sunday 26 January 1997. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jan 1997
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Rover Sterling
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21141, longitude -0.77307, in the NN7 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199734NN00118
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
428
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Sterling

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Sterling)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Sterling)

    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 199734NN00118 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.