Fatal B574 crash in North Northamptonshire on 31 January 2005 at 08:03 involving a Nissan 100
Four vehicles, including a Nissan 100 and a Volvo lorry, were involved in a crash on the B574 in North Northamptonshire at 08:03 on Monday 31 January 2005. The 29-year-old male driver of the Nissan 100 was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 31 Jan 2005
- Monday, 08:03
- Vehicles
- 4
- Nissan 100 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33809, longitude -0.71774, in the NN9 postcode district. The location was in the former Wellingborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200534TW08001
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 574
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 57 metres away, was a fatal crash on 10 December 2005.
Fatal
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B574 in North Northamptonshire, 10 December 2005
57 m awayRef 200534TW08034
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B574 in North Northamptonshire, 9 January 2000
64 m awayRef 200034NW00022
Slight
Car crash on the B574 in North Northamptonshire, 29 November 1982
78 m awayRef 198234BW00810
Slight
Car crash on the B574 in North Northamptonshire, 21 July 1988
142 m awayRef 198834AW00982
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B574 in North Northamptonshire, 23 June 2022
161 m awayRef 202234NNC3922
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on the B574 in North Northamptonshire, 17 November 2025
189 m awayRef 2025340NN4712
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Nissan 100
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,130 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,187 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan 100)
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 200534TW08001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2005.