A14 crash in West Northamptonshire on 11 July 2005 at 07:45 involving a DAF Trucks FTG 85CF lorry
A DAF Trucks FTG 85CF lorry, an Audi A3 and a Renault Kangoo van were involved in a crash on the A14 in West Northamptonshire at 07:45 on Monday 11 July 2005. A 21-year-old male passenger in the Renault Kangoo van, the 29-year-old male driver of the Renault Kangoo van and the 30-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 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
- 11 Jul 2005
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- DAF Trucks FTG 85CF and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39611, longitude -1.14918, in the LE17 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200534ND03169
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 14
- 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
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, 92 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 September 2006.
Serious
MAN crash on the A14 in West Northamptonshire, 28 September 2006
92 m awayRef 200634WD05379
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A14 in West Northamptonshire, 20 August 2017
94 m awayRef 201734WD06527
Slight
Volvo crash on the A14 in West Northamptonshire, 13 May 2008
104 m awayRef 200834WD22808
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A14 in West Northamptonshire, 22 May 2017
108 m awayRef 201734WD03657
Serious
Renault Captur crash on the A14 in West Northamptonshire, 7 April 2025
155 m awayRef 2025340WN2162
Serious
Scania crash on the A14 in West Northamptonshire, 5 March 2015
194 m awayRef 201534WD06615
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FTG 85CF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Renault Kangoo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Kangoo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Kangoo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
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 200534ND03169 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 2005.