M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 29 December 2016 at 08:40 involving a Honda Jazz
A car and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 08:40 on Thursday 29 December 2016. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Honda Jazz was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16878, longitude -0.8649, in the NN7 postcode district. 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
- 201634WS15756
- 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
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2003.
Slight
Nissan Serena crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 18 February 2003
11 m awayRef 200334TM00121
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 10 September 2015
21 m awayRef 201534TM22845
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 14 August 2003
23 m awayRef 200334TM03073
Serious
Lorry crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 27 February 1989
37 m awayRef 198934BS05160
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 28 September 1985
41 m awayRef 198534BS01382
Serious
Lorry crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 8 October 1980
50 m awayRef 198034DT00968
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)
- 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 201634WS15756 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.