M45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 19 September 2007 at 14:50 involving a Toyota RAV4
A Toyota RAV4 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the M45 in West Northamptonshire at 14:50 on Wednesday 19 September 2007. The 46-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra 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
- 19 Sep 2007
- Wednesday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota RAV4 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3304, longitude -1.17568, in the CV23 postcode district. 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
- 200734TM44817
- 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
- 45
- 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, 13 metres away, was a fatal crash on 6 March 2017.
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the M45 in West Northamptonshire, 6 March 2017
13 m awayRef 201734WD80097
Slight
Car crash on the M45 in West Northamptonshire, 14 February 2011
36 m awayRef 201134WD09581
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 26 April 2002
81 m awayRef 200234ND00187
Serious
Car crash on the M45 in West Northamptonshire, 13 January 1980
99 m awayRef 198034DD00025
Slight
Renault Master crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 29 April 2015
110 m awayRef 201534WD10795
Serious
Car crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 12 August 1988
146 m awayRef 198834BD00991
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200734TM44817 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.