M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 28 July 2007 at 10:15 involving a Peugeot 306
Four vehicles, including a Peugeot 306 and a Toyota Yaris, were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 10:15 on Saturday 28 July 2007. The 40-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Bora, the 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were 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
- 28 Jul 2007
- Saturday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot 306 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22757, longitude -1.00394, in the NN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Campion, West Northamptonshire, NN7 4GP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200734TM36657
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 23 December 2007
10 m awayRef 200734TM65287
Slight
Van crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 21 January 2008
10 m awayRef 200834TM03058
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 11 April 1996
14 m awayRef 199634TM00262
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 30 January 2014
14 m awayRef 201434TM04464
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 17 October 2019
26 m awayRef 2019340S09001
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 18 March 2013
30 m awayRef 201334TM10713
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Bora
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,324 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Bora)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200734TM36657 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 2007.