M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 2 December 2014 at 07:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 07:40 on Tuesday 2 December 2014. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2014
- Tuesday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22928, longitude -1.01211, in the NN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Campion, West Northamptonshire, NN7 4GP 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
- 201434TM30924
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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 fatal crash on 1 January 2006.
Fatal
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 1 January 2006
7 m awayRef 200634TM08001
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 16 April 1986
10 m awayRef 198634BS00624
Slight
ERF crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 15 August 1997
12 m awayRef 199734TM00444
Slight
Leyland crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 27 June 1990
12 m awayRef 199034BS05666
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 15 August 2008
20 m awayRef 200834TD38138
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 19 August 2012
24 m awayRef 201234TM20402
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201434TM30924 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.