A508 crash in West Northamptonshire on 16 February 2012 at 08:35 involving a Ford KA
Four vehicles, including a Ford KA and a Volkswagen Polo, were involved in a crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire at 08:35 on Thursday 16 February 2012. The 37-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2012
- Thursday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford KA and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1691, longitude -0.89909, in the NN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hackleton & Roade, West Northamptonshire, NN7 2LW area accident hotspot. 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
- 201234WS05032
- 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
- 508
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 508
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2019.
Slight
Car crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 25 October 2019
9 m awayRef 2019340S08951
Slight
Volvo crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 17 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200334ND00189
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 29 January 2008
10 m awayRef 200834WS04688
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 4 December 1998
10 m awayRef 199834ND00697
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 20 June 1996
10 m awayRef 199634ND00316
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 13 September 2017
11 m awayRef 201734WS07267
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 4: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 201234WS05032 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.