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Serious A45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 12 December 1998 at 11:05 involving an Austin Mini

An Austin Mini hit a pedestrian on the A45 in West Northamptonshire at 11:05 on Saturday 12 December 1998. A 47-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 1998
Saturday, 11:05
Vehicles
1
Austin Mini
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23103, longitude -1.01588, 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
199834TD00725
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
70 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
Motorway
Second road number
1

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 26 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 199834TD00725 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 1998.