Unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire NN4 on 17 July 2017 at 18:32 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo XC70 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 18:32 on Monday 17 July 2017. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jul 2017
- Monday, 18:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volvo XC70
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21362, longitude -0.87844, in the NN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. The location was in the former Northampton district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201734WN05237
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2019.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 13 December 2019
22 m awayRef 2019340N08281
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 6 December 1989
48 m awayRef 198934BS01917
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 6 October 1982
66 m awayRef 198234CS00668
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 21 July 1990
93 m awayRef 199034BS01085
Slight
Lorry crash on the B526 in West Northamptonshire, 27 December 1979
124 m awayRef 197934CS00708
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 22 April 1998
134 m awayRef 199834NN00523
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 201734WN05237 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.