Serious B4031 crash in West Northamptonshire on 26 September 2014 at 22:25 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry crashed on the B4031 in West Northamptonshire at 22:25 on Friday 26 September 2014. The 49-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Sep 2014
- Friday, 22:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.99737, longitude -1.18059, in the NN13 postcode district. 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
- 201434WS25544
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4031
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, no street lighting
- 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
- 73%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 27%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 2 February 1989.
Fatal
Car crash on the B4031 in West Northamptonshire, 2 February 1989
6 m awayRef 198934BD00144
Fatal
Ford Capri crash on the B4031 in West Northamptonshire, 15 July 1992
6 m awayRef 199234ND00455
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B4031 in West Northamptonshire, 25 January 1992
6 m awayRef 199234ND00050
Slight
Rover crash on the B4031 in West Northamptonshire, 29 September 1990
6 m awayRef 199034BD00835
Slight
Car crash on the B4031 in West Northamptonshire, 19 November 1989
6 m awayRef 198934BD01361
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4031 in West Northamptonshire, 7 November 1997
6 m awayRef 199734ND00570
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 49, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
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 201434WS25544 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.