A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 20 October 2015 at 15:30 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 15:30 on Tuesday 20 October 2015. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2015
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06708, longitude -0.87018, in the MK19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deanshanger & Paulerspury, West Northamptonshire, MK19 6DL area accident hotspot. 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
- 201534WS26615
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 508
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2011.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 18 October 2011
5 m awayRef 201134WS37051
Slight
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 12 June 2011
5 m awayRef 201134WS19901
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 28 October 2008
24 m awayRef 200834WS50818
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 31 August 2002
25 m awayRef 200234ND00543
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 12 December 1997
31 m awayRef 199734ND00674
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 4 October 2005
35 m awayRef 200534ND04621
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,693 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201534WS26615 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.