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A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 15 September 2003 at 16:10 involving a Rover 25

A Rover 25 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 16:10 on Monday 15 September 2003. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Sep 2003
Monday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Rover 25 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23536, longitude -0.88911, in the NN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, West Northamptonshire, NN1 2DN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Northampton district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200334NN03591
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
428
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5123

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200334NN03591 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 2003.