A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 24 August 2012 at 17:50 involving a Chrysler Voyager
A Chrysler Voyager and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 17:50 on Friday 24 August 2012. The 26-year-old male driver of the Chrysler Voyager and the 48-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Aug 2012
- Friday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chrysler Voyager and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14645, longitude -0.98076, in the NN12 postcode district. 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
- 201234WS21052
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2010.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 25 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201034TS09180
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 31 March 2011
At the same spotRef 201134WS11711
Serious
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 12 November 2015
3 m awayRef 201534WS28955
Serious
Renault Trucks crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 4 January 2018
5 m awayRef 2018340S00491
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 25 May 2016
6 m awayRef 201634WS07716
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 13 March 2024
6 m awayRef 2024340WN1462
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chrysler Voyager
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,301 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chrysler Voyager)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
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 201234WS21052 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.