C road crash in North Northamptonshire NN18 on 31 December 2018 at 23:00 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 23:00 on Monday 31 December 2018. The 52-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2018
- Monday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48319, longitude -0.71479, in the NN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingswood, North Northamptonshire, NN18 9HA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Corby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018340C09481
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 1 March 2004
15 m awayRef 200434NC01047
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 3 February 1991
17 m awayRef 199134AC00099
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 5 July 2019
18 m awayRef 2019340C04901
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 9 October 1996
23 m awayRef 199634NC00702
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 1 July 2021
25 m awayRef 202134NNC2701
Serious
Mazda 6 crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 14 October 2011
37 m awayRef 201134NC35751
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018340C09481 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2018.