A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 25 September 2017 at 13:28 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 13:28 on Monday 25 September 2017. The 43-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2017
- Monday, 13:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23514, longitude -1.07772, in the NN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weedon Bec. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodford & Weedon, West Northamptonshire, NN7 4GD 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
- 201734WD07497
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Fog or mist
- 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, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 February 1996.
Serious
Foden crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 12 February 1996
13 m awayRef 199634TD00121
Slight
Volkswagen Touareg crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 21 July 2016
61 m awayRef 201634WD09876
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 31 October 1987
84 m awayRef 198734BD01497
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 9 August 2006
85 m awayRef 200634WD04291
Slight
Van crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 2 April 1986
113 m awayRef 198634BD00444
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 6 April 1989
127 m awayRef 198934BD00420
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,393 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 201734WD07497 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.