Unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire NN8 on 23 February 2007 at 06:45 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Toyota Avensis taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 06:45 on Friday 23 February 2007. The 44-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2007
- Friday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30422, longitude -0.69496, in the NN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wellingborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Croyland & Swanspool, North Northamptonshire, NN8 4PF area accident hotspot. 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
- 200734NW11487
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
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 200734NW11487 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.