A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 12 April 2016 at 05:05 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 05:05 on Tuesday 12 April 2016. The 26-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 2016
- Tuesday, 05:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35275, longitude -1.17145, in the NN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugby. 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
- 201634WD06206
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2013.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 5 August 2013
10 m awayRef 201334WD17423
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 31 May 1997
13 m awayRef 199734ND00243
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 14 May 2000
19 m awayRef 200034ND00239
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 26 January 1988
21 m awayRef 198834BD00146
Slight
Triumph Daytona 675 crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 30 September 2007
30 m awayRef 200734WD46957
Slight
Lorry crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 7 December 1981
31 m awayRef 198134DD01159
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 12,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 201634WD06206 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.