A605 crash in North Northamptonshire on 16 February 1998 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Ford Mondeo and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire at 18:00 on Monday 16 February 1998. The 32-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405, a 30-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 405 and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 1998
- Monday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39448, longitude -0.52315, in the NN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thrapston. The location was in the former East Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199834NC00144
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 605
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2000.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire, 23 July 2000
10 m awayRef 200034NC00398
Serious
Scania crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 31 March 1999
14 m awayRef 199934TC00171
Slight
Kawasaki Z750 crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire, 11 April 1996
14 m awayRef 199634NC00287
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire, 13 February 1997
14 m awayRef 199734NC00141
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire, 25 February 2025
20 m awayRef 2025340NN0832
Slight
HGV crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire, 13 June 2007
22 m awayRef 200734NE28127
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 405)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 405)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 405)
- 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 199834NC00144 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 1998.