A6098 crash in North Northamptonshire on 16 October 2025 at 20:35 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, a Ford Fusion and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire at 20:35 on Thursday 16 October 2025. The 33-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Thursday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39239, longitude -0.71189, in the NN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kettering. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael, North Northamptonshire, NN15 6NS area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Kettering district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025340NN4272
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6098
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 January 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire, 9 January 1984
3 m awayRef 198434AK00025
Slight
E-scooter crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 9 April 2024
8 m awayRef 2024340NN1042
Slight
Skoda Kodiaq crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 3 June 2022
14 m awayRef 202234NNC4092
Slight
Car crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 11 December 1982
18 m awayRef 198234AK00928
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 29 January 2002
30 m awayRef 200234NC00058
Serious
Car crash on the A6098 in North Northamptonshire, 13 June 1981
38 m awayRef 198134AK00361
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,362 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025340NN4272 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 2025.