Serious A5076 crash in West Northamptonshire on 5 May 2005 at 07:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A5076 in West Northamptonshire at 07:50 on Thursday 5 May 2005. The 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and the 23-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 May 2005
- Thursday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27325, longitude -0.82792, in the NN3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Talavera, West Northamptonshire, NN3 8PY 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
- 200534NN02044
- 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
- 5076
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- C
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
- 68%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 32%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 1 September 2025
3 m awayRef 2025340WN4892
Slight
Citroen C2 crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 23 July 2024
4 m awayRef 2024340WN4022
Slight
Lada Samara crash on the A5076 in West Northamptonshire, 14 January 1999
10 m awayRef 199934NN00057
Slight
Car crash on the A4508 in West Northamptonshire, 22 June 1980
10 m awayRef 198034CN00620
Serious
Car crash on the A4508 in West Northamptonshire, 3 February 1985
10 m awayRef 198534BS00166
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5076 in West Northamptonshire, 8 June 1998
14 m awayRef 199834NN00731
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200534NN02044 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.