M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 22 January 2000 at 12:29 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 12:29 on Saturday 22 January 2000. A 22-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jan 2000
- Saturday, 12:29
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32946, longitude -1.14444, in the NN6 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200034TM00052
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 September 1998.
Serious
Mercedes crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 18 September 1998
20 m awayRef 199834TM00516
Serious
Bus crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 30 July 1988
20 m awayRef 198834BD05508
Serious
Lorry crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 27 November 1980
22 m awayRef 198034DD01010
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 19 August 1984
22 m awayRef 198434BD01206
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 6 December 1992
28 m awayRef 199234TD01048
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 26 December 1980
36 m awayRef 198034DD01151
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200034TM00052 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.