C road crash in West Northamptonshire OX17 on 4 January 2019 at 17:00 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 17:00 on Friday 4 January 2019. The 34-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and the 20-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 2019
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02192, longitude -1.26125, in the OX17 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
- 2019340S00381
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- 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, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 December 1979.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 29 December 1979
100 m awayRef 197934DT01193
Slight
Car crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 30 June 2007
129 m awayRef 200734WS31617
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 19 January 1991
142 m awayRef 199134BD00078
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 18 April 1987
194 m awayRef 198734BD00455
Slight
Ford Capri crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 14 January 1991
202 m awayRef 199134BD00053
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 3 October 2001
273 m awayRef 200134ND00568
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2019340S00381 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.