A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 20 May 2012 at 15:10 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 15:10 on Sunday 20 May 2012. The 43-year-old male driver of the car and a 44-year-old female passenger in the car were 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
- 20 May 2012
- Sunday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06678, longitude -0.87127, in the MK19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deanshanger & Paulerspury, West Northamptonshire, MK19 6DL 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
- 201234WS16002
- 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
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2019.
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 13 October 2019
9 m awayRef 2019340S07961
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 16 April 2013
10 m awayRef 201334WS07983
Serious
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 20 October 2022
12 m awayRef 202234WNC7132
Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 28 June 2016
13 m awayRef 201634WS09516
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 18 May 2011
14 m awayRef 201134WS17341
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 15 August 2011
14 m awayRef 201134WS27671
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- 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
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,926 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201234WS16002 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.