A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 29 March 2016 at 18:33 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 18:33 on Tuesday 29 March 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2016
- Tuesday, 18:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35035, longitude -1.15376, in the NN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Braunston & Crick, West Northamptonshire, NN6 7SL 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
- 201634WD06776
- 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
- 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
- 428
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 1991.
Slight
Scania crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 30 August 1991
18 m awayRef 199134ND00653
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 31 October 2008
19 m awayRef 200834TD51098
Slight
Iveco crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 6 July 2006
26 m awayRef 200634WD03609
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 19 August 1999
33 m awayRef 199934ND00506
Slight
Lorry crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 1 April 1988
41 m awayRef 198834BD00451
Slight
Van crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 16 October 1982
42 m awayRef 198234DD00910
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 201634WD06776 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.