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Daventry road accidents in 1994: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 302 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 1994, and 472 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 99 were serious.

Collisions were up 1% on 1993 (300), and casualties rose from 463.

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 1994
302
Up 1% on 1993
Casualties in 1994
472
Up 2% on 1993
Fatal collisions
9
3% of collisions
Serious collisions
99
33% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 1994

3% of collisions in Daventry in 1994 were fatal and 33% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal93%
  • Serious9933%
  • Slight19464%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal91.9%
  • Serious13428%
  • Slight32970%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 1994 is highlighted, with 302, up 1% on 1993.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1994
  • 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 1994

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (13%)
  • Tuesday50 (17%)
  • Wednesday51 (17%)
  • Thursday45 (15%)
  • Friday46 (15%)
  • Saturday34 (11%)
  • Sunday36 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5914 (4.6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:598 (2.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5935 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5939 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5962 (21%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5965 (22%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5955 (18%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5924 (7.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January19 (6.3%)
  • February22 (7.3%)
  • March26 (8.6%)
  • April19 (6.3%)
  • May24 (7.9%)
  • June33 (11%)
  • July25 (8.3%)
  • August32 (11%)
  • September18 (6%)
  • October32 (11%)
  • November23 (7.6%)
  • December29 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight214 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit36 (12%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown17 (5.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds242 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (11%)
  • Fog or mist8 (2.6%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded10 (3.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry193 (64%)
  • Wet or damp99 (33%)
  • Frost or ice9 (3%)
  • Snow1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph73 (24%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph3 (1%)
  • 60 mph153 (51%)
  • 70 mph72 (24%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway221 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway72 (24%)
  • Roundabout8 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 1994

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant358 (76%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (5.5%)
  • Pedestrian21 (4.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (4.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant19 (4%)
  • Cyclist12 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant12 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (2.1%)
  • 6 to 1024 (5.1%)
  • 11 to 1529 (6.1%)
  • 16 to 2067 (14%)
  • 21 to 2554 (11%)
  • 26 to 35105 (22%)
  • 36 to 4562 (13%)
  • 46 to 5562 (13%)
  • 56 to 6527 (5.7%)
  • 66 to 7525 (5.3%)
  • Over 757 (1.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider290 (61%)
  • Passenger161 (34%)
  • Pedestrian21 (4.4%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car471 (78%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes64 (11%)
  • Motorcycle26 (4.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes18 (3%)
  • Pedal cycle12 (2%)
  • Other vehicle6 (1%)
  • Bus or coach5 (0.8%)
  • Minibus1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 1994

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1994 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 1994

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 1994: 63, including 2 fatal and 24 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 1994
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM163137224
2ndA45304025
3rdA5183017
4thA43162206
5thA508131718
6thA428121707
7thA361111405
8thA50101815
9thA4258901
10thB403671103
11thB403871003
12thM455803
13thA143602
14thB5763401
15thB45382200
16thB40371100

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 1994

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1994: 40.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 1994

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 1994: 132.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1994

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,308 collisions in 1994, and 23% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 1994

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 1994, none were fatal and 12 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1994.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years