M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 24 October 2006 at 12:30 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 12:30 on Tuesday 24 October 2006. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van 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
- 24 Oct 2006
- Tuesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3244, longitude -1.14087, in the NN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, NN6 7UH 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
- 200634TM05568
- 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
- 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, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 December 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 19 December 1988
36 m awayRef 198834BD05987
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 1 August 1987
41 m awayRef 198734BD00978
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 3 February 1985
41 m awayRef 198534BD00141
Serious
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 4 August 2021
44 m awayRef 202134WNC3751
Slight
Datsun Stanza crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 5 December 1991
50 m awayRef 199134ND06056
Fatal
Suzuki Swift crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 27 September 2015
50 m awayRef 201534TD80215
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
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 200634TM05568 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 2006.