Serious A45 crash in North Northamptonshire on 1 June 2016 at 19:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire at 19:30 on Wednesday 1 June 2016. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Jun 2016
- Wednesday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Scania
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35424, longitude -0.54607, in the NN9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Raunds, North Northamptonshire, NN9 6UW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former East Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201634NE07986
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 71%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 29%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2025.
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 30 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025340NN3932
Serious
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 7 November 2025
7 m awayRef 2025340NN4572
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 15 December 1998
17 m awayRef 199834TW00756
Serious
Volvo crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire, 16 February 1994
25 m awayRef 199434TW00226
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 24 June 1999
34 m awayRef 199934TW00338
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 2 October 2004
47 m awayRef 200434NW04856
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Scania
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
- 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
- 52 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 201634NE07986 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2016.