M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 22 July 2011 at 12:15 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 12:15 on Friday 22 July 2011. A 31-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series and the 32-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series were 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
- 22 Jul 2011
- Friday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27984, longitude -1.09717, in the NN11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, NN11 2EH 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
- 201134TM25081
- 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
- 1
- 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2005.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 21 August 2005
22 m awayRef 200534TM03781
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 12 September 1981
32 m awayRef 198134DD00802
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 17 October 1980
36 m awayRef 198034DD00854
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 2 October 1994
36 m awayRef 199434TD00903
Serious
Van crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 25 April 1985
36 m awayRef 198534BD00618
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 15 May 1992
41 m awayRef 199234TD00361
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
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 201134TM25081 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 2011.