Serious C road crash in North Northamptonshire NN18 on 31 January 2007 at 12:45 involving a Mazda 121
A Mazda 121, a Daewoo Matiz and a Vauxhall Signum were involved in a crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 12:45 on Wednesday 31 January 2007. The 37-year-old female driver of the Mazda 121 was seriously injured and the 45-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Signum was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jan 2007
- Wednesday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 121 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48547, longitude -0.71139, in the NN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corby West, North Northamptonshire, NN17 1QB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Corby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200734NC17907
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 70%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 30%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1981.
Slight
Scooter crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 27 November 1981
41 m awayRef 198134AC00529
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 18 October 2002
45 m awayRef 200234NC02965
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 18 March 2012
45 m awayRef 201234NC07082
Slight
Scooter crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 5 September 1987
51 m awayRef 198734AC00604
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 22 December 1983
54 m awayRef 198334AC00806
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 28 June 2025
81 m awayRef 2025340NN9022
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 121
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Daewoo Matiz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Signum
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 121)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Signum)
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 200734NC17907 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 2007.