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A605 crash in North Northamptonshire on 7 September 2003 at 20:39 involving a Land Rover Defender

A car and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire at 20:39 on Sunday 7 September 2003. The 24-year-old male driver of the car and the 19-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Defender were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Sep 2003
Sunday, 20:39
Vehicles
2
Car and Land Rover Defender
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45068, longitude -0.46283, in the PE8 postcode district. The location was in the former East Northamptonshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200334NC03454
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
605
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Defender)

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 200334NC03454 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.