Serious B6481 crash in North Northamptonshire on 27 December 2011 at 00:05 involving a Peugeot Expert taxi
A Peugeot Expert taxi crashed on the B6481 in North Northamptonshire at 00:05 on Tuesday 27 December 2011. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Dec 2011
- Tuesday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot Expert
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49065, longitude -0.68355, 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 1UT 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201134NC46351
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6481
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 71%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 29%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the B6481 in North Northamptonshire, 4 July 1983
10 m awayRef 198334AC00370
Serious
Car crash on the B6481 in North Northamptonshire, 18 August 1989
10 m awayRef 198934AC00604
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire, 4 May 2020
13 m awayRef 2020340C03062
Slight
Taxi crash on the B6481 in North Northamptonshire, 12 March 1988
14 m awayRef 198834AC00204
Slight
Car crash on the B6481 in North Northamptonshire, 23 July 1979
22 m awayRef 197934AC00300
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B6481 in North Northamptonshire, 30 October 2008
22 m awayRef 200834NC50968
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Expert
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 30, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Expert)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Expert)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Expert)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Expert)
- 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 201134NC46351 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 2011.