A blowout on the dual carriageway between Baynards Green and Towcester gives you a verge and a hedge, nothing more, so if you can still steer, ease it calmly to the next exit.
When a tyre fails at speed on the A43 there is a bang, a heavy pull towards the failed corner and a lot of noise. There is no hard shoulder on the route, and the clearway south of Towcester is no place to wait unless you must. Hold the steering firmly, leave the brake pedal alone for a moment, let the car lose speed in lane and signal early for the Brackley A422 junction, Silverstone or the Tove roundabout. Near Ardley, Cherwell Valley services is the better target.
Once the car is parked and everyone is out of it, send us the size and where you are. Nobody patches a blown tyre, so a replacement in the right size travels out from Brent Cross with the fitter. What is left of the old one comes off, the rim is checked for cracks and flat spots from those last yards to the Brackley exit, and the partner tyre across the axle is inspected for a match. The price is agreed by phone first.
Related help from the same Brent Cross team covers emergency mobile tyre fitting and puncture repair on the A43.
We deal with the burst tyre at Cherwell Valley, in a Brackley supermarket car park, at a Towcester car park or on Moulton Park estate roads. If the car cannot leave an A43 lane, 999 and National Highways come before any fitter.
| Road | A43 Ardley to Northampton and Kettering |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways (M40 to M1 J15a); local highway authorities through Northampton and on to Kettering |
What to do after a burst tyre →Burst tyre replacement on the A43 page
A burst near the Moulton Bypass or Round Spinney Roundabout is frightening, so grip the wheel, ease off and, provided it steers safely, take the next exit. A side road in Boothville or Moulton Leys keeps you well away from A43 traffic. Ring with the road number and the last roundabout you passed. Car stuck in a running lane? Call 999 before us.
Once the car has rolled into Brackley or a Towcester car park, hazards go on first. Passengers exit on the side away from A43 lorries. Should the car halt short of the exit south of Towcester, climb over onto the verge, behind a barrier where one runs, then ring 999 and National Highways. Nobody walks along the A43 to inspect the damage. Driving on the rim to reach Northampton wrecks the wheel, so the fitter checks that rim and the partner tyre once the replacement is on.
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Burst a tyre on the A43? Get parked off the road, then send the size and location.
