A6098 crash in North Northamptonshire on 29 December 2005 at 21:19 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire at 21:19 on Thursday 29 December 2005. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier, a 16-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2005
- Thursday, 21:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39764, longitude -0.7119, in the NN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kettering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kettering Central, North Northamptonshire, NN16 0SZ 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
- 200534NC06459
- 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
- 6098
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 21 November 1979
14 m awayRef 197934AK00797
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 15 November 2012
30 m awayRef 201234NK29682
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 20 May 2004
30 m awayRef 200434NC02529
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire, 20 May 2010
36 m awayRef 201034NK20640
Serious
Car crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 3 June 1985
40 m awayRef 198534AK00435
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 25 September 2011
40 m awayRef 201134NK33771
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200534NC06459 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 2005.