A4256 crash in West Northamptonshire on 14 April 2015 at 10:10 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A4256 in West Northamptonshire at 10:10 on Tuesday 14 April 2015. The 55-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2015
- Tuesday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2598, longitude -1.16408, in the NN11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Daventry South, West Northamptonshire, NN11 4GF area accident hotspot. 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
- 201534WD08855
- 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
- 4256
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4256
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4256 in West Northamptonshire, 1 June 2008
3 m awayRef 200834WD35778
Serious
Honda SH50H crash on the A4256 in West Northamptonshire, 30 August 2000
3 m awayRef 200034ND00469
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4256 in West Northamptonshire, 4 October 2003
3 m awayRef 200334ND03902
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4256 in West Northamptonshire, 8 June 2012
3 m awayRef 201234WD14132
Serious
Mazda MX-3 crash on the A4256 in West Northamptonshire, 12 October 2000
3 m awayRef 200034ND00560
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 30 July 1990
12 m awayRef 199034BD00650
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201534WD08855 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.