C road crash in West Northamptonshire NN3 on 12 January 2016 at 17:30 involving a BMW X5
A BMW X5 and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 17:30 on Tuesday 12 January 2016. The 42-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2016
- Tuesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X5 and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28899, longitude -0.85475, in the NN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Moulton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moulton, West Northamptonshire, NN3 7TJ 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
- 201634WD01466
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2025.
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 17 August 2003
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Car crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 18 November 2002
53 m awayRef 200234NN02819
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Car crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 26 May 1979
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Bus crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 25 March 2022
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 201634WD01466 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 2016.