B573 crash in North Northamptonshire on 2 December 2000 at 06:51 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B573 in North Northamptonshire at 06:51 on Saturday 2 December 2000. The 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2000
- Saturday, 06:51
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2623, longitude -0.75978, in the NN6 postcode district. 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
- 200034NW00682
- 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
- 573
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the B573 in North Northamptonshire, 9 June 1988
61 m awayRef 198834AW00783
Serious
Car crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 16 December 1981
158 m awayRef 198134BW00891
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the B573 in North Northamptonshire, 2 March 1993
260 m awayRef 199334NW00213
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B573 in North Northamptonshire, 27 December 1990
371 m awayRef 199034AW01479
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B573 in North Northamptonshire, 20 March 1990
379 m awayRef 199034AW00311
Slight
Van crash on the A5193 in North Northamptonshire, 26 November 1990
390 m awayRef 199034AW01326
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200034NW00682 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.