M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 17 December 2003 at 12:35 involving a Honda Civic
A lorry and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 12:35 on Wednesday 17 December 2003. The 57-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2003
- Wednesday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22419, longitude -0.98718, in the NN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Campion, West Northamptonshire, NN7 4BA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200334TM05308
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2014.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 3 December 2014
2 m awayRef 201434TM31314
Slight
Lexus RX400 crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 15 February 2011
10 m awayRef 201134TM06151
Slight
Volvo crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 3 April 1995
10 m awayRef 199534TM05003
Slight
Volvo crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 25 August 1995
22 m awayRef 199534TM05412
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 4 March 1989
36 m awayRef 198934BS05180
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 13 March 2004
36 m awayRef 200434TM01213
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- 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 200334TM05308 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.