A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 7 July 2017 at 09:30 involving a lorry
A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 09:30 on Friday 7 July 2017. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 2017
- Friday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30609, longitude -1.128, in the NN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, NN6 7UB 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
- 201734WD05087
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 5385
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen ID3 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 26 June 2023
1 m awayRef 2023340WN3532
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 31 October 2001
1 m awayRef 200134ND00615
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 10 April 2001
1 m awayRef 200134ND00222
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 3 December 2001
1 m awayRef 200134ND00702
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 21 January 2009
1 m awayRef 200934TD03249
Serious
Fiat Panda crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 26 October 2020
1 m awayRef 2020340D07292
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- 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 201734WD05087 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.