Serious A4500 crash in West Northamptonshire on 2 June 2012 at 21:41 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire at 21:41 on Saturday 2 June 2012. A 17-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Nissan Primera was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jun 2012
- Saturday, 21:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23514, longitude -0.96453, in the NN5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Campion, West Northamptonshire, NN7 4AW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201234WS13602
- 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
- 4500
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 78%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 22%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 22 December 2014
13 m awayRef 201434WN33894
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 28 May 2023
16 m awayRef 2023340WN3362
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 29 December 2010
20 m awayRef 201034TN52960
Slight
Mercedes CLC Class crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 13 March 2021
28 m awayRef 202134WNC1651
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 30 October 1981
40 m awayRef 198134CS00667
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 30 November 2008
40 m awayRef 200834TS56748
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 201234WS13602 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.