A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 11 November 2018 at 18:37 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 18:37 on Sunday 11 November 2018. A 9-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Meriva and the 54-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Nov 2018
- Sunday, 18:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16761, longitude -1.01664, in the NN12 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018340S09011
- 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
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 June 2001.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 22 June 2001
4 m awayRef 200134ND00351
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 17 June 1989
8 m awayRef 198934BD00661
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 10 February 2005
8 m awayRef 200534ND00661
Serious
Toyota Hilux crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 16 September 2003
8 m awayRef 200334ND03665
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 8 January 1998
46 m awayRef 199834ND00016
Fatal
Iveco Daily crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 23 September 2021
61 m awayRef 202134WNC9121
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018340S09011 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.