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Serious C road crash in North Northamptonshire NN17 on 2 May 2002 at 01:25 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A Metrocab Metrocab taxi hit a pedestrian on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 01:25 on Thursday 2 May 2002. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 May 2002
Thursday, 01:25
Vehicles
1
Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48737, longitude -0.70353, in the NN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corby West, North Northamptonshire, NN17 1QB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Corby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200234NC00295
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual 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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200234NC00295 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 2002.