A45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 13 April 2012 at 10:40 involving a Volkswagen Caddy
A car and a Volkswagen Caddy were involved in a crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire at 10:40 on Friday 13 April 2012. The 39-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Apr 2012
- Friday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Caddy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27416, longitude -1.1949, in the NN11 postcode district. 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
- 201234WD09552
- 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
- 45
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 November 2019.
Serious
Car crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 11 November 2019
9 m awayRef 2019340D10141
Fatal
Van crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 7 December 1989
14 m awayRef 198934BD01462
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 22 December 1998
81 m awayRef 199834ND00733
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 11 July 2005
92 m awayRef 200534ND03142
Serious
LDV Maxus crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 15 December 2008
99 m awayRef 200834WD60198
Fatal
Harley-Davidson XL 883 crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 6 April 2009
99 m awayRef 200934TD80119
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)
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 201234WD09552 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.