M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 20 November 2014 at 19:30 involving a Mini Countryman
A Mini Countryman and a goods vehicle were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 19:30 on Thursday 20 November 2014. The 55-year-old female driver of the Mini Countryman was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 2014
- Thursday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Countryman and goods vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18485, longitude -0.89631, in the NN4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hunsbury, West Northamptonshire, NN4 0XW 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
- 201434TM29854
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- 508
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 1985.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 8 November 1985
6 m awayRef 198534BS01622
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 13 December 2015
8 m awayRef 201534TM32325
Slight
Car crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 18 August 1988
15 m awayRef 198834BS01440
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 17 March 2020
18 m awayRef 2020340S01542
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 22 March 2014
20 m awayRef 201434WS07184
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 10 February 2016
23 m awayRef 201634WS03346
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 12,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Countryman)
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 201434TM29854 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 2014.