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Serious A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 13 December 2025 at 16:00 involving a BMW G 310 motorcycle

A BMW G 310 motorcycle and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 16:00 on Saturday 13 December 2025. The 63-year-old female rider of the BMW G 310 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 2025
Saturday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
BMW G 310 and Kia Sportage
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28173, longitude -1.11079, in the NN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, NN11 2EH area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Daventry district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025340WN7142
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4036

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW G 310

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    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
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    313 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 63, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW G 310)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least 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 2025340WN7142 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.