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Serious unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire NN3 on 28 December 2018 at 22:35 involving a Mercedes CLC Class

A Mercedes CLC Class hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 22:35 on Friday 28 December 2018. A 32-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 2018
Friday, 22:35
Vehicles
1
Mercedes CLC Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24982, longitude -0.86545, in the NN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abington & Phippsville, West Northamptonshire, NN3 2HU area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Northampton district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018340N09541
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, no street lighting
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
78%
Estimated chance it was slight
22%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLC Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLC Class)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    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 2018340N09541 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.