Serious A5123 crash in West Northamptonshire on 5 November 2025 at 07:52 involving an Alfa Romeo Giulietta
An e-scooter and an Alfa Romeo Giulietta were involved in a crash on the A5123 in West Northamptonshire at 07:52 on Wednesday 5 November 2025. The 25-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Wednesday, 07:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- E-scooter and Alfa Romeo Giulietta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23376, longitude -0.89755, 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, NN1 2DN 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025340WN6282
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5123
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 428
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 6 September 1994
3 m awayRef 199434NN00524
Slight
Car crash on the A5123 in West Northamptonshire, 24 March 1989
3 m awayRef 198934BN00336
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 16 January 2012
3 m awayRef 201234WN01442
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 2 April 1991
3 m awayRef 199134BN00292
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 9 January 2008
3 m awayRef 200834WN01248
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 31 May 2025
5 m awayRef 2025340WN2792
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: E-scooter
Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- E-scooter
- Vehicle was an e-scooter
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 25, on vehicle 1 (E-scooter)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
- E-scooter
- Casualty was using an e-scooter
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 2025340WN6282 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 2025.