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Daventry road accidents in 1993: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 300 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 1993, and 463 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 89 were serious.

Collisions were down 3% on 1992 (309), and casualties rose from 456.

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 1993
300
Down 3% on 1992
Casualties in 1993
463
Up 2% on 1992
Fatal collisions
6
2% of collisions
Serious collisions
89
30% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 1993

2% of collisions in Daventry in 1993 were fatal and 30% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal62%
  • Serious8930%
  • Slight20568%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal61.3%
  • Serious11324%
  • Slight34474%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 1993 is highlighted, with 300, down 3% on 1992.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1993
  • 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 1993

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (13%)
  • Tuesday39 (13%)
  • Wednesday46 (15%)
  • Thursday49 (16%)
  • Friday39 (13%)
  • Saturday41 (14%)
  • Sunday46 (15%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5916 (5.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (2.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5949 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5951 (17%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5949 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5971 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5939 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5918 (6%)

Collisions by month

  • January25 (8.3%)
  • February24 (8%)
  • March20 (6.7%)
  • April26 (8.7%)
  • May18 (6%)
  • June21 (7%)
  • July19 (6.3%)
  • August21 (7%)
  • September32 (11%)
  • October34 (11%)
  • November29 (9.7%)
  • December31 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight214 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting35 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds221 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (15%)
  • Fog or mist9 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (2%)
  • Not recorded10 (3.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry171 (57%)
  • Wet or damp120 (40%)
  • Frost or ice7 (2.3%)
  • Snow2 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph63 (21%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.7%)
  • 50 mph13 (4.3%)
  • 60 mph150 (50%)
  • 70 mph69 (23%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway205 (68%)
  • Dual carriageway83 (28%)
  • Roundabout12 (4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 1993

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant363 (78%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (6.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)16 (3.5%)
  • Pedestrian16 (3.5%)
  • Cyclist13 (2.8%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.4%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.9%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 512 (2.6%)
  • 6 to 1018 (3.9%)
  • 11 to 1524 (5.2%)
  • 16 to 2065 (14%)
  • 21 to 2575 (16%)
  • 26 to 3597 (21%)
  • 36 to 4575 (16%)
  • 46 to 5544 (9.5%)
  • 56 to 6527 (5.8%)
  • 66 to 7517 (3.7%)
  • Over 759 (1.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider275 (59%)
  • Passenger172 (37%)
  • Pedestrian16 (3.5%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car464 (76%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes66 (11%)
  • Motorcycle31 (5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes30 (4.9%)
  • Pedal cycle13 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach7 (1.1%)
  • Minibus3 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 1993

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1993 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 1993

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 1993: 82, including 25 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 1993
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM182150025
2ndA5284218
3rdA45222933
4thA43183208
5thA50132304
6thA428121703
7thA508111806
8thA36191103
9thB403671002
10thB40387701
11thA4254500
12thB45381101
13thB53851100
14thM451301

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 1993

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1993: 26.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 1993

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 1993: 145.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1993

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,390 collisions in 1993, and 22% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 1993

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 1993, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The last was on 29 December 1993.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years