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C road crash in North Northamptonshire NN17 on 10 May 2003 at 22:30 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A car and a Metrocab Metrocab taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 22:30 on Saturday 10 May 2003. The 33-year-old male driver of the Metrocab Metrocab taxi and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Metrocab Metrocab taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 May 2003
Saturday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49112, longitude -0.70931, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200334NC01629
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    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 200334NC01629 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.