A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 July 2007 at 15:57 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 15:57 on Monday 30 July 2007. The 43-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2007
- Monday, 15:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Honda Accord
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30587, longitude -1.12803, in the NN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, NN6 7UB 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
- 200734WD37457
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5385
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 December 2010.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 10 December 2010
At the same spotRef 201034WD50460
Serious
Fiat Brava crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 9 May 2001
At the same spotRef 200134ND00265
Slight
Volvo crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 2 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200534ND00566
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 19 March 2009
At the same spotRef 200934WD11829
Serious
Volvo 240 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 2 March 1991
At the same spotRef 199134BD00189
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 1 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201034WD04840
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200734WD37457 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.