A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 20 July 2015 at 08:40 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 08:40 on Monday 20 July 2015. The 23-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2015
- Monday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01318, longitude -1.15593, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201534WS18675
- 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
- 43
- 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 11 April 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 11 April 1984
3 m awayRef 198434BD00520
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 3 December 2015
7 m awayRef 201534WS31345
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 16 August 1985
9 m awayRef 198534BD01192
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 16 February 1985
9 m awayRef 198534BD00215
Serious
Lorry crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 17 December 1980
17 m awayRef 198034DT01222
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 15 February 1990
31 m awayRef 199034BD05162
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
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 201534WS18675 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.