A508 crash in West Northamptonshire on 13 December 2013 at 16:15 involving an Audi A8
Two cars and an Audi A8 were involved in a crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire at 16:15 on Friday 13 December 2013. The 84-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2013
- Friday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A8 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30937, longitude -0.90075, in the NN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moulton, West Northamptonshire, NN6 9AG area accident hotspot. 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
- 201334WD29593
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 November 1995.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 18 November 1995
10 m awayRef 199534ND05419
Slight
Citroen XM crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 11 July 1991
14 m awayRef 199134NS00899
Slight
Lorry crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 26 February 1990
14 m awayRef 199034BS00354
Serious
Suzuki GZ 125 crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 30 December 2007
14 m awayRef 200734WD65807
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 11 July 1991
41 m awayRef 199134NS00897
Serious
Van crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 8 June 1988
51 m awayRef 198834BS01045
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 84 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A8
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 36 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 201334WD29593 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.