A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 12 October 2018 at 15:48 involving a van
A van and three cars were involved in a crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 15:48 on Friday 12 October 2018. The 41-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2018
- Friday, 15:48
- Vehicles
- 4
- Van and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28338, longitude -0.84262, in the NN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Moulton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moulton, West Northamptonshire, NN3 7TJ 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
- 2018340D07651
- 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
- 43
- 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
- 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, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2013.
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 2 October 2013
49 m awayRef 201334WN22243
Slight
LDV Maxus crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 10 March 2010
54 m awayRef 201034WD10920
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 10 April 1985
68 m awayRef 198534BS00541
Serious
Scooter crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 2 October 1982
68 m awayRef 198234DD00851
Slight
Lorry crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 10 January 1980
68 m awayRef 198034DD00023
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 4 September 1990
72 m awayRef 199034BS01264
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2018340D07651 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 2018.