A508 crash in West Northamptonshire on 17 March 2007 at 12:00 involving an Iveco-Ford van
An Iveco-Ford van and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire at 12:00 on Saturday 17 March 2007. A 36-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Iveco-Ford van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 2007
- Saturday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco-Ford and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26342, longitude -0.89998, in the NN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsthorpe South, West Northamptonshire, NN2 7AX area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200734WN13367
- 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
- 508
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2015.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 13 August 2015
2 m awayRef 201534WN20645
Slight
Car crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 12 August 1981
10 m awayRef 198134CN00783
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 11 January 2000
10 m awayRef 200034NN00038
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 6 August 1990
14 m awayRef 199034BN00871
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 9 April 1997
14 m awayRef 199734NN00404
Slight
Taxi crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 1 February 1985
14 m awayRef 198534BN00106
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,920 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Engine capacity
- 4,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 200734WN13367 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.