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Serious unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire NN16 on 23 March 2003 at 02:17 involving an Alfa Romeo 164

Four vehicles, including an Alfa Romeo 164 and a Peugeot 405, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 02:17 on Sunday 23 March 2003. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Alfa Romeo 164 was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Mar 2003
Sunday, 02:17
Vehicles
4
Alfa Romeo 164 and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40458, longitude -0.70493, in the NN16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Avondale Grange, North Northamptonshire, NN16 9PF area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Kettering district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200334NC00621
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 164

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Daewoo Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,184 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 164)

    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 200334NC00621 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 2003.