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Serious unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire NN3 on 28 July 2005 at 14:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 14:35 on Thursday 28 July 2005. A 4-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and the 4-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jul 2005
Thursday, 14:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27065, longitude -0.82022, in the NN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackthorn & Rectory Farm, West Northamptonshire, NN3 8QB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Northampton district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200534NN03512
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
73%
Estimated chance it was slight
27%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200534NN03512 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.