M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 28 August 2001 at 04:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a car and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 04:15 on Tuesday 28 August 2001. The 21-year-old male driver of the car, a 19-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2001
- Tuesday, 04:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22682, longitude -1.00045, in the NN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Campion, West Northamptonshire, NN7 4GP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200134TM00416
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 2001.
Serious
Hyundai Lantra crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 20 August 2001
30 m awayRef 200134TM00377
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 26 August 2000
32 m awayRef 200034TM00467
Slight
Lorry crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 10 February 1983
32 m awayRef 198334BS00204
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 13 August 1994
32 m awayRef 199434TS00776
Serious
Yamaha crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 14 November 1995
32 m awayRef 199534TM05645
Serious
Honda CB350S crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 22 April 1998
32 m awayRef 199834TM00204
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200134TM00416 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.