A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 20 March 2017 at 07:52 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 07:52 on Monday 20 March 2017. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Mar 2017
- Monday, 07:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Land Rover Defender
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13354, longitude -0.99064, in the NN12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Towcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Towcester, West Northamptonshire, NN12 6YP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201734WS02117
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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 12 August 2014.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 12 August 2014
1 m awayRef 201434WS19534
Slight
Audi A4 crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 16 July 2018
2 m awayRef 2018340S05231
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 31 March 2021
4 m awayRef 202134WNC1811
Slight
Kia Venga crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 10 June 2023
4 m awayRef 2023340WN3442
Slight
Van crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 9 October 2011
4 m awayRef 201134WS35041
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 18 December 1982
4 m awayRef 198234DT01316
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201734WS02117 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.