Serious A508 crash in West Northamptonshire on 31 October 2013 at 00:01 involving a Jaguar S Type
A car and a Jaguar S Type were involved in a crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire at 00:01 on Thursday 31 October 2013. The 19-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 55-year-old male driver of the Jaguar S Type was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Oct 2013
- Thursday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Jaguar S Type
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16377, longitude -0.89703, in the NN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hackleton & Roade, West Northamptonshire, NN7 2LW 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201334WS25983
- 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
- 30 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, street lights lit
- 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
- 71%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 29%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2003.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 4 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200334ND03404
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 5 October 1999
10 m awayRef 199934ND00612
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 11 March 2020
12 m awayRef 2020340S01282
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 29 November 2003
36 m awayRef 200334ND04955
Serious
Car crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 16 May 1979
40 m awayRef 197934DT00376
Slight
Car crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 12 December 1983
51 m awayRef 198334BS01977
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- 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
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Jaguar S Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jaguar S Type)
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 201334WS25983 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.