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Daventry road accidents in 1987: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 378 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 1987, and 619 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 116 were serious.

Collisions were up 5% on 1986 (359), and casualties rose from 538.

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 1987
378
Up 5% on 1986
Casualties in 1987
619
Up 15% on 1986
Fatal collisions
16
4.2% of collisions
Serious collisions
116
31% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 1987

4.2% of collisions in Daventry in 1987 were fatal and 31% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal164.2%
  • Serious11631%
  • Slight24665%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal162.6%
  • Serious19031%
  • Slight41367%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 1987 is highlighted, with 378, up 5% on 1986.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1987
  • 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 1987

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday59 (16%)
  • Tuesday40 (11%)
  • Wednesday52 (14%)
  • Thursday49 (13%)
  • Friday67 (18%)
  • Saturday53 (14%)
  • Sunday58 (15%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5919 (5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5920 (5.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5939 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5956 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5955 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5986 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5956 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5947 (12%)

Collisions by month

  • January28 (7.4%)
  • February22 (5.8%)
  • March31 (8.2%)
  • April16 (4.2%)
  • May49 (13%)
  • June35 (9.3%)
  • July26 (6.9%)
  • August40 (11%)
  • September28 (7.4%)
  • October37 (9.8%)
  • November42 (11%)
  • December24 (6.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight240 (63%)
  • Dark, no street lighting73 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit53 (14%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (2.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds264 (70%)
  • Raining, no high winds76 (20%)
  • Fog or mist13 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Other6 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry185 (49%)
  • Wet or damp178 (47%)
  • Snow8 (2.1%)
  • Frost or ice7 (1.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph75 (20%)
  • 40 mph12 (3.2%)
  • 50 mph8 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph192 (51%)
  • 70 mph91 (24%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway274 (72%)
  • Dual carriageway96 (25%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.5%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 1987

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant435 (70%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (9.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)28 (4.5%)
  • Van occupant23 (3.7%)
  • Pedestrian19 (3.1%)
  • Cyclist18 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (2.7%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 58 (1.3%)
  • 6 to 1014 (2.3%)
  • 11 to 1522 (3.6%)
  • 16 to 20141 (23%)
  • 21 to 25106 (17%)
  • 26 to 35117 (19%)
  • 36 to 4597 (16%)
  • 46 to 5549 (7.9%)
  • 56 to 6534 (5.5%)
  • 66 to 7520 (3.2%)
  • Over 7511 (1.8%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider353 (57%)
  • Passenger247 (40%)
  • Pedestrian19 (3.1%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car617 (72%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes114 (13%)
  • Motorcycle57 (6.6%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes30 (3.5%)
  • Pedal cycle18 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1%)
  • Minibus5 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car5 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle4 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 1987

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1987 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 1987

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 1987: 94, including 5 fatal and 33 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 1987
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM194201533
2ndA452938213
3rdA5294428
4thA508284619
5thA361253306
6thA428223527
7thA50182814
8thA43122015
9thB403692004
10thA4257703
11thB40385701
12thB40372200
13thB53852200
14thM452202
15thA4271201
16thB45251301
17thB45381100
18thB5761210

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 1987

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1987: 30.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 1987

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 1987: 160.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1987

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,646 collisions in 1987, and 23% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 1987

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 1987, none were fatal and 9 were serious. The last was on 30 December 1987.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years