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Serious C road crash in West Northamptonshire NN3 on 12 December 2000 at 12:25 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 12:25 on Tuesday 12 December 2000. A 47-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 306 was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion and the 38-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 2000
Tuesday, 12:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Peugeot 306
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27524, longitude -0.85689, in the NN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. The location was in the former Northampton district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200034NN01531
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 30 January 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

    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 200034NN01531 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 2000.