M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 13 April 2013 at 09:26 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 09:26 on Saturday 13 April 2013. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Apr 2013
- Saturday, 09:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and MAN
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26964, longitude -1.09269, in the NN11 postcode district. 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
- 201334TM07723
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2008.
Slight
Chrysler PT Cruiser crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 20 February 2008
10 m awayRef 200834TM09278
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 15 June 1988
14 m awayRef 198834BD05374
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 2 December 1990
14 m awayRef 199034BD06313
Slight
Renault Master crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 3 April 2023
23 m awayRef 2023340WN1832
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 30 June 1985
50 m awayRef 198534BD00958
Slight
Van crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 29 August 1985
50 m awayRef 198534BD01269
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,518 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
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 201334TM07723 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 2013.