A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 13 December 2018 at 06:51 involving an Audi A6
A van and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 06:51 on Thursday 13 December 2018. The 27-year-old female driver of the Audi A6 and the 60-year-old male driver of the van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2018
- Thursday, 06:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Audi A6
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35248, longitude -1.1713, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018340D10371
- 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
- 428
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2000.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 14 May 2000
19 m awayRef 200034ND00239
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 26 January 1988
26 m awayRef 198834BD00146
Fatal
Honda VTR1000SP crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 14 May 2000
31 m awayRef 200034TD08252
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 31 May 1997
33 m awayRef 199734ND00243
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 11 March 2009
33 m awayRef 200934WD11399
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 12 April 2016
36 m awayRef 201634WD06206
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2018340D10371 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.