A43 crash in North Northamptonshire on 26 October 2004 at 15:40 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and an ERF lorry were involved in a crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire at 15:40 on Tuesday 26 October 2004. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2004
- Tuesday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and ERF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41044, longitude -0.74857, in the NN16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peter, North Northamptonshire, NN16 8FX 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200434NC05415
- 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
- 43
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2010.
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire, 11 June 2010
At the same spotRef 201034NK24720
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire, 27 June 1995
At the same spotRef 199534TC05220
Slight
Fiat crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire, 9 February 2003
14 m awayRef 200334TC00092
Fatal
Car crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire, 16 October 2025
57 m awayRef 2025340NN9082
Serious
ERF crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire, 28 September 2005
64 m awayRef 200534NC04622
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire, 17 July 2018
70 m awayRef 2018340K05061
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: ERF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200434NC05415 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.