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Daventry road accidents in 1981: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 398 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 1981, and 592 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 182 were serious.

Collisions were down 1% on 1980 (401), and casualties rose from 573.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 12,745 collisions in Daventry.

District council until April 2021, now part of West Northamptonshire. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 1981
398
Down 1% on 1980
Casualties in 1981
592
Up 3% on 1980
Fatal collisions
8
2% of collisions
Serious collisions
182
46% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 1981

2% of collisions in Daventry in 1981 were fatal and 46% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal82%
  • Serious18246%
  • Slight20852%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal91.5%
  • Serious23940%
  • Slight34458%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 1981 is highlighted, with 398, down 1% on 1980.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1981
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025155228
2024172257
2023185263
2022166227
2021145203
2020106160
2019114176
2018137208
2017171234
2016184250
2015188259
2014186252
2013203283
2012189267
2011156236
2010182262
2009213295
2008255364
2007252372
2006279415
2005259375
2004295456
2003283412
2002297428
2001268406
2000291460
1999313517
1998317479
1997292448
1996262414
1995295467
1994302472
1993300463
1992309456
1991356531
1990385573
1989464737
1988395581
1987378619
1986359538
1985376596
1984403631
1983316467
1982445684
1981398592
1980401573
1979348545

When and where crashes happen in Daventry in 1981

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday44 (11%)
  • Tuesday43 (11%)
  • Wednesday55 (14%)
  • Thursday57 (14%)
  • Friday87 (22%)
  • Saturday52 (13%)
  • Sunday60 (15%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5910 (2.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5910 (2.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5951 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5969 (17%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5955 (14%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5977 (19%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5966 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5960 (15%)

Collisions by month

  • January34 (8.5%)
  • February24 (6%)
  • March30 (7.5%)
  • April29 (7.3%)
  • May43 (11%)
  • June20 (5%)
  • July39 (9.8%)
  • August32 (8%)
  • September54 (14%)
  • October40 (10%)
  • November27 (6.8%)
  • December26 (6.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight279 (70%)
  • Dark, no street lighting77 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds281 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds59 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (3.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist8 (2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other9 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1%)

Road surface

  • Dry203 (51%)
  • Wet or damp161 (40%)
  • Frost or ice24 (6%)
  • Snow10 (2.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph88 (22%)
  • 40 mph9 (2.3%)
  • 50 mph12 (3%)
  • 60 mph206 (52%)
  • 70 mph83 (21%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway290 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway92 (23%)
  • Roundabout9 (2.3%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (1.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 1981

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant368 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist98 (17%)
  • Van occupant50 (8.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (3.4%)
  • Cyclist18 (3%)
  • Pedestrian17 (2.9%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (0.8%)
  • 6 to 1022 (3.7%)
  • 11 to 1514 (2.4%)
  • 16 to 20158 (27%)
  • 21 to 2579 (13%)
  • 26 to 35114 (19%)
  • 36 to 4559 (10%)
  • 46 to 5571 (12%)
  • 56 to 6546 (7.8%)
  • 66 to 7517 (2.9%)
  • Over 757 (1.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider364 (61%)
  • Passenger211 (36%)
  • Pedestrian17 (2.9%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car502 (65%)
  • Motorcycle99 (13%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes79 (10%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes56 (7.2%)
  • Pedal cycle18 (2.3%)
  • Other vehicle9 (1.2%)
  • Minibus5 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach4 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 1981

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1981 in Daventry

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Daventry with the most crashes in 1981

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 1981: 84, including 34 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 1981
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM184141034
2ndA53450113
3rdA3613146114
4thA453147015
5thA508192709
6thA428172309
7thA43172324
8thA50172118
9thB403691203
10thB403881004
11thA4256804
12thB53855702
13thM453301
14thA45082301
15thB40372201
16thB45382201
17thB45251300
18thB5761101

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 1981

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1981: 42.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 1981

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 1981: 158.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1981

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,564 collisions in 1981, and 25% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 1981

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 1981, none were fatal and 11 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1981.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years