A4300 crash in North Northamptonshire on 15 December 2005 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira, a Peugeot 206 and a Vauxhall Tigra were involved in a crash on the A4300 in North Northamptonshire at 18:15 on Thursday 15 December 2005. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2005
- Thursday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Zafira and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40154, longitude -0.7231, in the NN16 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
- 200534NC06492
- 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
- 4300
- 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
- 4300
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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 serious injury crash on 26 December 1990.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4300 in North Northamptonshire, 26 December 1990
At the same spotRef 199034AK01193
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A4300 in North Northamptonshire, 2 May 1997
10 m awayRef 199734NC00283
Slight
Datsun Stanza crash on the A4300 in North Northamptonshire, 24 September 1990
10 m awayRef 199034AK00852
Slight
Car crash on the A4300 in North Northamptonshire, 12 April 1985
10 m awayRef 198534AK00298
Serious
Ford Scorpio crash on the A4300 in North Northamptonshire, 10 December 2000
10 m awayRef 200034NC00671
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4300 in North Northamptonshire, 31 January 1985
10 m awayRef 198534AK00112
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Tigra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
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 200534NC06492 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.