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Daventry road accidents in 1991: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 356 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 1991, and 531 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 85 were serious.

Collisions were down 8% on 1990 (385), and casualties fell 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 1991
356
Down 8% on 1990
Casualties in 1991
531
Down 7% on 1990
Fatal collisions
6
1.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
85
24% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 1991

1.7% of collisions in Daventry in 1991 were fatal and 24% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal61.7%
  • Serious8524%
  • Slight26574%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal61.1%
  • Serious11822%
  • Slight40777%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 1991 is highlighted, with 356, down 8% on 1990.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1991
  • 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 1991

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday50 (14%)
  • Tuesday50 (14%)
  • Wednesday38 (11%)
  • Thursday46 (13%)
  • Friday73 (21%)
  • Saturday53 (15%)
  • Sunday46 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5915 (4.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:599 (2.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5959 (17%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5948 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5955 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5991 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5943 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5936 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January40 (11%)
  • February30 (8.4%)
  • March30 (8.4%)
  • April21 (5.9%)
  • May21 (5.9%)
  • June28 (7.9%)
  • July31 (8.7%)
  • August33 (9.3%)
  • September35 (9.8%)
  • October31 (8.7%)
  • November30 (8.4%)
  • December26 (7.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight243 (68%)
  • Dark, no street lighting55 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit42 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (4.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds265 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (9.3%)
  • Fog or mist16 (4.5%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (3.4%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other13 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry199 (56%)
  • Wet or damp134 (38%)
  • Frost or ice15 (4.2%)
  • Snow7 (2%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph70 (20%)
  • 40 mph13 (3.7%)
  • 50 mph13 (3.7%)
  • 60 mph180 (51%)
  • 70 mph80 (22%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway262 (74%)
  • Dual carriageway83 (23%)
  • Roundabout10 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 1991

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant368 (69%)
  • Pedestrian31 (5.8%)
  • Motorcyclist30 (5.6%)
  • Van occupant30 (5.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)25 (4.7%)
  • Minibus occupant21 (4%)
  • Cyclist19 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 512 (2.3%)
  • 6 to 1015 (2.8%)
  • 11 to 1520 (3.8%)
  • 16 to 20100 (19%)
  • 21 to 2584 (16%)
  • 26 to 35113 (21%)
  • 36 to 4587 (16%)
  • 46 to 5543 (8.1%)
  • 56 to 6532 (6%)
  • 66 to 7516 (3%)
  • Over 759 (1.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider325 (61%)
  • Passenger175 (33%)
  • Pedestrian31 (5.8%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car493 (71%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes77 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes53 (7.6%)
  • Motorcycle29 (4.2%)
  • Pedal cycle19 (2.7%)
  • Minibus10 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle7 (1%)
  • Bus or coach6 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 1991

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1991 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 1991

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 1991: 78, including 16 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 1991
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM178137016
2ndA361253806
3rdA5253825
4thA508223705
5thA45212813
6thA428182513
7thA43152423
8thB4038121603
9thA5091102
10thA4257703
11thB40365601
12thB45385902
13thM453301
14thA45082202
15thB5762301
16thB53851100

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 1991

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1991: 43.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 1991

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 1991: 159.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1991

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,441 collisions in 1991, and 25% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 1991

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 1991, none were fatal and 2 were serious. The last was on 27 December 1991.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years