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Serious A6 crash in North Northamptonshire on 4 April 2004 at 19:18 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A6 in North Northamptonshire at 19:18 on Sunday 4 April 2004. The 37-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was seriously injured and a 13-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 2004
Sunday, 19:18
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Peugeot 306
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35679, longitude -0.6683, in the NN15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barton Seagrave & Burton Latimer, North Northamptonshire, NN15 5XJ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Kettering district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200434NC01655
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
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
72%
Estimated chance it was slight
28%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    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 200434NC01655 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 2004.