A4501 crash in West Northamptonshire on 5 January 2019 at 07:15 involving an Audi TTS
An Audi TTS and a Mercedes GLC Class were involved in a crash on the A4501 in West Northamptonshire at 07:15 on Saturday 5 January 2019. A 57-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes GLC Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2019
- Saturday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi TTS and Mercedes GLC Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23523, longitude -0.87912, in the NN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, West Northamptonshire, NN4 7AD 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
- 2019340N00231
- 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
- 4501
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 2020.
Slight
Kia Stonic crash on the A4501 in West Northamptonshire, 16 June 2020
2 m awayRef 2020340N03462
Slight
Toyota crash on the A4501 in West Northamptonshire, 3 March 2012
2 m awayRef 201234WN04342
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A4501 in West Northamptonshire, 26 September 2024
2 m awayRef 2024340WN5192
Slight
Car crash on the A4501 in West Northamptonshire, 14 July 2018
6 m awayRef 2018340N05821
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A4501 in West Northamptonshire, 26 August 2017
8 m awayRef 201734WN08191
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A4501 in West Northamptonshire, 5 December 1995
9 m awayRef 199534NN05969
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi TTS
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes GLC Class
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes GLC Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019340N00231 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.