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Serious A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 12 December 2001 at 19:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 19:45 on Wednesday 12 December 2001. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo was seriously injured and a 37-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 2001
Wednesday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28841, longitude -1.00067, in the NN6 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200134ND00741
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
428
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 57 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    2,544 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

    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 200134ND00741 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 2001.