B663 crash in North Northamptonshire on 27 April 2023 at 04:40 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 hit a pedestrian on the B663 in North Northamptonshire at 04:40 on Thursday 27 April 2023. A 74-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Apr 2023
- Thursday, 04:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35167, longitude -0.54743, in the NN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Raunds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Raunds, North Northamptonshire, NN9 6UW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former East Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023340NN1542
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 663
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1991.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 11 July 1991
26 m awayRef 199134NW00678
Serious
Ford C-Max crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 8 August 2020
28 m awayRef 2020340E05062
Slight
Renault Extra crash on the B663 in North Northamptonshire, 5 October 1991
30 m awayRef 199134NW01020
Serious
Zontes ZT crash on the B663 in North Northamptonshire, 7 October 2025
35 m awayRef 2025340NN4152
Serious
Car crash on the A605 in North Northamptonshire, 31 August 1985
52 m awayRef 198534AW01060
Slight
Kia Pride crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 3 February 2002
52 m awayRef 200234NW00076
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
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 2023340NN1542 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2023.