Serious C road crash in West Northamptonshire NN6 on 13 November 2018 at 15:20 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 15:20 on Tuesday 13 November 2018. The 61-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Nov 2018
- Tuesday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38955, longitude -0.85929, in the NN6 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018340D08241
- Council area
- West 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 72%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 28%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 136 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 1994.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B576 in West Northamptonshire, 9 October 1994
136 m awayRef 199434NS00860
Slight
Car crash on the B576 in West Northamptonshire, 12 April 1989
144 m awayRef 198934BS00587
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 22 December 2017
229 m awayRef 201734WD10567
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 29 March 2006
286 m awayRef 200634NC01421
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 13 March 2019
332 m awayRef 2019340D02851
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 9 November 2000
337 m awayRef 200034ND00649
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2018340D08241 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.