A45 crash in North Northamptonshire on 30 August 2006 at 08:10 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Vauxhall Combo were involved in a crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire at 08:10 on Wednesday 30 August 2006. The 39-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 2006
- Wednesday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit Connect and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25502, longitude -0.76834, in the NN6 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200634NW04541
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 1 December 2016
11 m awayRef 201634NW14506
Serious
MG Montego crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 3 March 1995
32 m awayRef 199534TW00163
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 12 June 1987
40 m awayRef 198734AW00751
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 18 May 1995
41 m awayRef 199534TW05109
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 4 May 2022
50 m awayRef 202234WNC3012
Slight
Iveco crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 13 September 1993
51 m awayRef 199334TW00876
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 200634NW04541 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 2006.