A6900 crash in North Northamptonshire on 24 December 2001 at 12:05 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6900 in North Northamptonshire at 12:05 on Monday 24 December 2001. The 31-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2001
- Monday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Peugeot Speedfight
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39688, longitude -0.72485, in the NN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kettering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kettering Central, North Northamptonshire, NN16 0SZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Kettering district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200134NC00720
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6900
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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 5 April 1989.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6900 in North Northamptonshire, 5 April 1989
At the same spotRef 198934AK00304
Serious
Scooter crash on the A6900 in North Northamptonshire, 15 May 1985
At the same spotRef 198534AK00388
Slight
Car crash on the A6900 in North Northamptonshire, 5 January 1982
At the same spotRef 198234AK00009
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A6900 in North Northamptonshire, 13 May 2003
At the same spotRef 200334NC01600
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6900 in North Northamptonshire, 28 December 1988
At the same spotRef 198834AK01219
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in North Northamptonshire, 2 May 1984
10 m awayRef 198434AK00309
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Speedfight
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Speedfight)
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 200134NC00720 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 2001.