M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 10 August 2007 at 16:50 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 16:50 on Friday 10 August 2007. All five casualties 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
- 10 Aug 2007
- Friday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24108, longitude -1.05036, in the NN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Campion, West Northamptonshire, NN7 4NF 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
- 200734TM39197
- 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 25 April 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 25 April 2004
10 m awayRef 200434TM01907
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 2 August 2011
10 m awayRef 201134TM26701
Serious
MAN crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 16 March 1997
10 m awayRef 199734TM00139
Fatal
ERF crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 16 September 2003
36 m awayRef 200334TM08233
Serious
Lorry crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 12 March 1980
45 m awayRef 198034DD00237
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 29 December 2021
48 m awayRef 202134WNC7401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200734TM39197 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.