M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 2 December 2015 at 03:50 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 03:50 on Wednesday 2 December 2015. The 36-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks lorry was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 03:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25574, longitude -1.07931, in the NN7 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
- 201534TM33075
- 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
- 70 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, lighting unknown
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2016.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 31 July 2016
23 m awayRef 201634WD11826
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 19 February 1988
29 m awayRef 198834BD00254
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 19 October 1980
47 m awayRef 198034DD00863
Slight
Lorry crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 23 August 1989
48 m awayRef 198934BD05693
Slight
Rover Range Rover crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 16 January 1993
48 m awayRef 199334TD00041
Serious
Lorry crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 24 November 1982
48 m awayRef 198234DD01146
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,462 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- 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
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)
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 201534TM33075 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 2015.