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Serious A4500 crash in West Northamptonshire on 1 October 2013 at 20:15 involving a Ford Fusion

A Ford Fusion hit a pedestrian on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire at 20:15 on Tuesday 1 October 2013. A 45-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Oct 2013
Tuesday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Fusion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24054, longitude -0.8859, in the NN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, West Northamptonshire, NN1 4HS 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
201334WN22503
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
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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
77%
Estimated chance it was slight
23%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 201334WN22503 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.