A6116 crash in North Northamptonshire on 21 October 2008 at 07:16 involving a Yamaha YZF R6 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R6 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A6116 in North Northamptonshire at 07:16 on Tuesday 21 October 2008. The 33-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R6 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Oct 2008
- Tuesday, 07:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R6 and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50391, longitude -0.67903, in the NN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lloyds & Corby Village, North Northamptonshire, NN17 1BN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Corby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200834NC49498
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6116
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 2010.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A6116 in North Northamptonshire, 4 January 2010
30 m awayRef 201034NC00630
Slight
Car crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 23 April 1987
108 m awayRef 198734AC00243
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6116 in North Northamptonshire, 13 August 1998
136 m awayRef 199834NC00455
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A6116 in North Northamptonshire, 27 November 2000
136 m awayRef 200034NC00632
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire, 3 October 2025
204 m awayRef 2025340NN4092
Slight
Minibus crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire, 30 September 1979
210 m awayRef 197934AC00393
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R6
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from 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: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R6)
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 200834NC49498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2008.