Unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire NN18 on 31 December 2001 at 13:40 involving a Mercedes bus
A Mercedes bus and a Nissan Terrano were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 13:40 on Monday 31 December 2001. A 46-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Terrano and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Terrano were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2001
- Monday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Nissan Terrano
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4814, longitude -0.72521, in the NN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. The location was in the former Corby district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200134NC00733
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2019.
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Slight
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Serious
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Slight
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,972 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Terrano
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,663 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Terrano)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Terrano)
- 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 200134NC00733 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.