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A4501 crash in West Northamptonshire on 3 December 2005 at 11:30 involving a Volvo

A Volvo and a car were involved in a crash on the A4501 in West Northamptonshire at 11:30 on Saturday 3 December 2005. The 37-year-old male driver of the car and a 70-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2005
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23689, longitude -0.87984, in the NN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, West Northamptonshire, NN4 7AD 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200534NN05901
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
4501
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
Fine, 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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    2,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200534NN05901 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.