A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 8 October 2011 at 17:20 involving a Citroen C1
A Citroen C1 and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 17:20 on Saturday 8 October 2011. The 52-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Oct 2011
- Saturday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C1 and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09614, longitude -0.92396, in the NN12 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201134WS34871
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2018.
Slight
BMW X1 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 5 February 2018
6 m awayRef 2018340S01301
Serious
Rover 75 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 25 May 2014
10 m awayRef 201434WS12754
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 3 April 2022
29 m awayRef 202234WNC2292
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 2 August 2021
49 m awayRef 202134WNC9091
Slight
Austin Morris Princess crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 19 March 1993
92 m awayRef 199334TD00211
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 18 December 2008
106 m awayRef 200834WS60528
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)
- 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 201134WS34871 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.