A14 crash in North Northamptonshire on 3 March 2017 at 12:08 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A14 in North Northamptonshire at 12:08 on Friday 3 March 2017. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2017
- Friday, 12:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41738, longitude -0.80159, in the NN14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rothwell & Mawsley, North Northamptonshire, NN14 6JP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Kettering district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201734NK04067
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 14
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A14 in North Northamptonshire, 24 October 2013
5 m awayRef 201334NK24423
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in North Northamptonshire, 10 November 1988
20 m awayRef 198834AK01049
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A14 in North Northamptonshire, 5 October 2001
27 m awayRef 200134TC00482
Serious
Lorry crash on the A6 in North Northamptonshire, 3 August 1979
29 m awayRef 197934AK00481
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A14 in North Northamptonshire, 30 December 2003
31 m awayRef 200334NC05545
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A6 in North Northamptonshire, 5 June 1995
41 m awayRef 199534TC05149
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 201734NK04067 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.