Serious A45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 11 November 2019 at 07:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire at 07:15 on Monday 11 November 2019. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Nov 2019
- Monday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27428, longitude -1.19485, in the NN11 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
- 2019340D10141
- 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
- 45
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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
- 74%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 26%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a fatal crash on 7 December 1989.
Fatal
Van crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 7 December 1989
7 m awayRef 198934BD01462
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 13 April 2012
9 m awayRef 201234WD09552
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 22 December 1998
82 m awayRef 199834ND00733
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 11 July 2005
88 m awayRef 200534ND03142
Serious
LDV Maxus crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 15 December 2008
96 m awayRef 200834WD60198
Fatal
Harley-Davidson XL 883 crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 6 April 2009
96 m awayRef 200934TD80119
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2019340D10141 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.