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Serious unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire NN18 on 16 June 1997 at 23:25 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 23:25 on Monday 16 June 1997. The 46-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jun 1997
Monday, 23:25
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48368, longitude -0.70896, in the NN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. The location was in the former Corby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199734TC00320
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199734TC00320 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.