M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 21 August 2005 at 21:20 involving a car
A vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 21:20 on Sunday 21 August 2005. The 37-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2005
- Sunday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28002, longitude -1.09702, in the NN11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, NN11 2EH area accident hotspot. 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
- 200534TM03781
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 September 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 12 September 1981
10 m awayRef 198134DD00802
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 22 July 2011
22 m awayRef 201134TM25081
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 15 May 1992
28 m awayRef 199234TD00361
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 17 October 1980
40 m awayRef 198034DD00854
Serious
Van crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 25 April 1985
45 m awayRef 198534BD00618
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 2 October 1994
45 m awayRef 199434TD00903
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200534TM03781 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.