Serious A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 27 October 2019 at 13:27 involving a car
Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 13:27 on Sunday 27 October 2019. The 58-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Oct 2019
- Sunday, 13:27
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37717, longitude -1.18576, in the CV23 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019340D07911
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 85%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 15%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 84 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 November 2007.
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 11 November 2007
84 m awayRef 200734WD55687
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 8 March 1983
128 m awayRef 198334BD00341
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 14 December 2003
167 m awayRef 200334ND05261
Serious
Rover SD1 crash on the A5 in Rugby, 16 September 1990
180 m awayRef 1990239001763
Serious
Suzuki GSX 600 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 28 October 2001
186 m awayRef 200134ND00600
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 4 August 1990
236 m awayRef 199034BD00664
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2019340D07911 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 2019.