Serious A361 crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 November 2014 at 14:54 involving a taxi
A taxi crashed on the A361 in West Northamptonshire at 14:54 on Sunday 30 November 2014. There were five casualties: four people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Nov 2014
- Sunday, 14:54
- Vehicles
- 1
- Taxi
- Casualties
- 5
- 4 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28367, longitude -1.16924, in the NN11 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201434WD30944
- 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
- 361
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2002.
Slight
Ford Maverick crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 15 November 2002
7 m awayRef 200234ND00744
Slight
Suzuki GSF 1200 crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 18 May 2000
20 m awayRef 200034ND00253
Fatal
Bicycle crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 16 July 2019
36 m awayRef 2019340D80171
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 4 August 2000
39 m awayRef 200034ND00432
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 17 December 1984
41 m awayRef 198434BD01878
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 10 July 1983
44 m awayRef 198334BD00897
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,581 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 34, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 6, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 4, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 28, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
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 201434WD30944 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.