A361 crash in West Northamptonshire on 6 July 2005 at 19:03 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire at 19:03 on Wednesday 6 July 2005. A 1-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2005
- Wednesday, 19:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24729, longitude -1.17049, in the NN11 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
- 200534ND03173
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 45
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 22 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200034ND00618
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 22 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200134ND00534
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 31 March 2008
At the same spotRef 200834WD15988
Serious
Toyota C-HR crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 29 January 2023
4 m awayRef 2023340WN0432
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 6 February 2023
8 m awayRef 2023340WN0752
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 30 June 1996
10 m awayRef 199634ND00342
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- 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 200534ND03173 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.