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Daventry road accidents in 1988: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 395 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 1988, and 581 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 115 were serious.

Collisions were up 4% on 1987 (378), and casualties fell from 619.

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 1988
395
Up 4% on 1987
Casualties in 1988
581
Down 6% on 1987
Fatal collisions
12
3% of collisions
Serious collisions
115
29% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 1988

3% of collisions in Daventry in 1988 were fatal and 29% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal123%
  • Serious11529%
  • Slight26868%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal132.2%
  • Serious14725%
  • Slight42172%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 1988 is highlighted, with 395, up 4% on 1987.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1988
  • 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 1988

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (14%)
  • Tuesday48 (12%)
  • Wednesday52 (13%)
  • Thursday64 (16%)
  • Friday79 (20%)
  • Saturday40 (10%)
  • Sunday56 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5917 (4.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:598 (2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5962 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5959 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5955 (14%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5983 (21%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5968 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5943 (11%)

Collisions by month

  • January33 (8.4%)
  • February32 (8.1%)
  • March32 (8.1%)
  • April19 (4.8%)
  • May32 (8.1%)
  • June28 (7.1%)
  • July49 (12%)
  • August31 (7.8%)
  • September32 (8.1%)
  • October40 (10%)
  • November34 (8.6%)
  • December33 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight264 (67%)
  • Dark, no street lighting64 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (14%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds297 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds67 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.5%)
  • Fog or mist8 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry218 (55%)
  • Wet or damp164 (42%)
  • Frost or ice10 (2.5%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep2 (0.5%)
  • Snow1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph86 (22%)
  • 40 mph4 (1%)
  • 50 mph15 (3.8%)
  • 60 mph183 (46%)
  • 70 mph105 (27%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway278 (70%)
  • Dual carriageway109 (28%)
  • Roundabout6 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 1988

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant406 (70%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (11%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)26 (4.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant19 (3.3%)
  • Cyclist17 (2.9%)
  • Minibus occupant17 (2.9%)
  • Pedestrian17 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 57 (1.2%)
  • 6 to 1011 (1.9%)
  • 11 to 1538 (6.5%)
  • 16 to 20117 (20%)
  • 21 to 25102 (18%)
  • 26 to 35129 (22%)
  • 36 to 4575 (13%)
  • 46 to 5555 (9.5%)
  • 56 to 6525 (4.3%)
  • 66 to 7517 (2.9%)
  • Over 755 (0.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider360 (62%)
  • Passenger204 (35%)
  • Pedestrian17 (2.9%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car605 (72%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes94 (11%)
  • Motorcycle61 (7.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes27 (3.2%)
  • Pedal cycle18 (2.2%)
  • Minibus12 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle8 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 1988

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1988 in Daventry

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Daventry with the most crashes in 1988

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 1988: 105, including 2 fatal and 23 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 1988
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM1105163223
2ndA45375208
3rdA53245111
4thA3613144119
5thA508284929
6thA50152008
7thA428143314
8thA43131905
9thB4036101203
10thA4257811
11thB40386600
12thM452201
13thB45251100
14thB45381100
15thB53851301
16thB5761100

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 1988

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1988: 34.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 1988

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 1988: 170.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1988

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,616 collisions in 1988, and 24% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 1988

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 1988, 1 was fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1988.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years