A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 November 2012 at 17:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 17:10 on Friday 30 November 2012. The 21-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2012
- Friday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28925, longitude -0.83718, in the NN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moulton, West Northamptonshire, NN3 7TJ 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
- 201234WD30882
- 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
- 43
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- C
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
- Wet or damp
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 4 February 2009.
Slight
Iveco crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 4 February 2009
10 m awayRef 200934WD05949
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 4 June 2002
20 m awayRef 200234ND00314
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 17 September 1984
22 m awayRef 198434BS01277
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 17 August 1983
22 m awayRef 198334BS01235
Slight
HGV crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 7 June 1999
22 m awayRef 199934ND00326
Serious
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 18 December 1980
22 m awayRef 198034DD01110
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 201234WD30882 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.