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B572 crash in North Northamptonshire on 25 April 2000 at 07:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B572 in North Northamptonshire at 07:00 on Tuesday 25 April 2000. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 32-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 2000
Tuesday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3013, longitude -0.68331, in the NN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wellingborough. The location was in the former Wellingborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200034NW00302
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
572
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

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 1 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 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 200034NW00302 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 2000.