M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 26 June 2012 at 12:15 involving a Volkswagen Touran
A lorry and a Volkswagen Touran were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 12:15 on Tuesday 26 June 2012. The 64-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Touran was 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
- 26 Jun 2012
- Tuesday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Volkswagen Touran
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29741, longitude -1.11441, in the NN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, NN6 7SE 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
- 201234TM15702
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 9 June 1984
10 m awayRef 198434BD00816
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 11 April 1979, ref 197934DD00245
10 m awayRef 197934DD00245
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 11 April 1979, ref 197934DD00246
10 m awayRef 197934DD00246
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 8 July 1993
22 m awayRef 199334TD00602
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 25 May 2011
28 m awayRef 201134TM18661
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 22 June 2001
30 m awayRef 200134TM00266
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- 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
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touran
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
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touran)
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 201234TM15702 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 2012.