C road crash in West Northamptonshire NN2 on 19 December 2018 at 16:35 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 16:35 on Wednesday 19 December 2018. The 54-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2018
- Wednesday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25954, longitude -0.90157, in the NN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsthorpe South, West Northamptonshire, NN2 7AX 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
- 2018340N09471
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2023.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 4 December 2023
1 m awayRef 2023340WN6862
Slight
Car crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 7 January 2008
2 m awayRef 200834WN17298
Slight
Ford Focus crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 13 December 2005
2 m awayRef 200534NN06160
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 21 August 2006
2 m awayRef 200634WN04407
Slight
Ford Orion crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 7 October 1994
2 m awayRef 199434NN00583
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 25 June 2000
2 m awayRef 200034NN00747
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018340N09471 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.