A5076 crash in West Northamptonshire on 9 January 2018 at 06:45 involving a Mercedes Gle Class
A Mercedes Gle Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5076 in West Northamptonshire at 06:45 on Tuesday 9 January 2018. The 43-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jan 2018
- Tuesday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Gle Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22431, longitude -0.92538, in the NN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill, West Northamptonshire, NN4 8QX area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018340N02011
- 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
- 5076
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2024.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A5076 in West Northamptonshire, 5 January 2024
2 m awayRef 2024340WN0092
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 28 December 1999
2 m awayRef 199934TN00705
Slight
Car crash on the A4345 in West Northamptonshire, 9 December 1982
2 m awayRef 198234CS00858
Slight
Mazda CX-5 crash on the A5076 in West Northamptonshire, 3 November 2025
3 m awayRef 2025340WN6232
Slight
Car crash on the A5076 in West Northamptonshire, 14 January 2014
4 m awayRef 201434WN01184
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5076 in West Northamptonshire, 5 August 2022
4 m awayRef 202234WNC5792
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Gle Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2018340N02011 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.