A45 crash in North Northamptonshire on 5 December 2017 at 14:15 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire at 14:15 on Tuesday 5 December 2017. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were 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
- 5 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29514, longitude -0.63698, in the NN29 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Irchester, North Northamptonshire, NN29 7HB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Wellingborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201734NW10007
- 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
- 45
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1998.
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 23 October 1998
12 m awayRef 199834TW00598
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 6 May 2006
30 m awayRef 200634NE02675
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 27 September 2019
30 m awayRef 2019340E07181
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 13 January 1982
47 m awayRef 198234BW00032
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 10 July 1982
77 m awayRef 198234BR00348
Serious
Car crash on the A45 in North Northamptonshire, 23 December 1984
79 m awayRef 198434AW01491
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 201734NW10007 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.