Serious A427 crash in North Northamptonshire on 4 September 2017 at 16:12 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire at 16:12 on Monday 4 September 2017. The 26-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Sep 2017
- Monday, 16:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha Ybr 125 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48481, longitude -0.69772, in the NN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corby West, North Northamptonshire, NN17 1QB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Corby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201734NC06907
- 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
- 427
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 427
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
- 77%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 23%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 1 January 1986
3 m awayRef 198634AC00036
Slight
Car crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 18 October 2007
3 m awayRef 200734NC51237
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 31 August 1993
10 m awayRef 199334NC00487
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 4 February 2009
10 m awayRef 200934NC05929
Slight
Car crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 2 June 2025
11 m awayRef 2025340NN2342
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 1 November 2002
16 m awayRef 200234NC02632
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
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 201734NC06907 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 2017.