Serious C road crash in West Northamptonshire NN7 on 1 May 2019 at 15:40 involving a Fiat Bravo
A Fiat Bravo and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 15:40 on Wednesday 1 May 2019. A 15-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Bravo and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Bravo were seriously injured and the 43-year-old female driver of the Fiat Bravo was slightly 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
- 1 May 2019
- Wednesday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Bravo and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1673, longitude -0.95632, in the NN7 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019340S03351
- 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
- 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
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 31 August 1984
7 m awayRef 198434BD01260
Serious
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 8 June 2005
13 m awayRef 200534ND02705
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 9 February 2008
34 m awayRef 200834WS06628
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 11 December 1990
65 m awayRef 199034BD06356
Slight
Austin Montego crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 14 October 1992
75 m awayRef 199234ND00702
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 29 June 1979
141 m awayRef 197934DT00516
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo
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
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019340S03351 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.