A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 8 December 2014 at 03:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 03:40 on Monday 8 December 2014. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2014
- Monday, 03:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34571, longitude -1.1739, in the CV23 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201434WD31374
- 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
- Single carriageway
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 November 2012.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 27 November 2012
4 m awayRef 201234WD30492
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 29 November 2025
34 m awayRef 2025340WN6732
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 20 March 2025
45 m awayRef 2025340WN1392
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 26 December 1985
68 m awayRef 198534BD01840
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 13 October 2025
77 m awayRef 2025340WN5782
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 11 December 2022
148 m awayRef 202234WNC8492
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201434WD31374 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.