Serious A5123 crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 March 2005 at 08:39 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A5123 in West Northamptonshire at 08:39 on Wednesday 30 March 2005. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Mar 2005
- Wednesday, 08:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22535, longitude -0.90502, in the NN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill, West Northamptonshire, NN4 8LA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200534NN01385
- 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
- 5123
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 75%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 25%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 March 1983.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 4 March 1983
At the same spotRef 198334BS00325
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A5123 in West Northamptonshire, 19 July 1990
At the same spotRef 199034BS01072
Serious
Seat Arosa crash on the A5123 in West Northamptonshire, 5 April 2006
At the same spotRef 200634WN02055
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5123 in West Northamptonshire, 1 September 2020
3 m awayRef 2020340N06052
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A5123 in West Northamptonshire, 2 November 2018
6 m awayRef 2018340N08861
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A5123 in West Northamptonshire, 22 May 1997
10 m awayRef 199734NN00597
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200534NN01385 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.