A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 7 October 2013 at 14:39 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 14:39 on Monday 7 October 2013. The 25-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2013
- Monday, 14:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1394, longitude -0.99642, in the NN12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Towcester, West Northamptonshire, NN12 6YP 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
- 201334WS22773
- 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
- Roundabout
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 43
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2014.
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 20 April 2014
7 m awayRef 201434WS10434
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 2 August 1992
10 m awayRef 199234ND00502
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 29 January 1999
10 m awayRef 199934TD00063
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 15 December 1995
10 m awayRef 199534TD05760
Slight
Scania crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 24 October 1990
10 m awayRef 199034BD06136
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 27 September 1987
10 m awayRef 198734BD01299
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- 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 201334WS22773 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.