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A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 17 May 2017 at 08:15 involving a Renault Trucks lorry

A Renault Trucks lorry and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 08:15 on Wednesday 17 May 2017. An 87-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2017
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Renault Trucks and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2744, longitude -1.10255, in the NN11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, NN11 2EH 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
201734WD03427
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    10,837 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    85 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least 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 201734WD03427 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 2017.