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Daventry road accidents in 1999: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 313 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 1999, and 517 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 96 were serious.

Collisions were down 1% on 1998 (317), and casualties rose from 479.

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 1999
313
Down 1% on 1998
Casualties in 1999
517
Up 8% on 1998
Fatal collisions
8
2.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
96
31% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 1999

2.6% of collisions in Daventry in 1999 were fatal and 31% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal82.6%
  • Serious9631%
  • Slight20967%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal122.3%
  • Serious12524%
  • Slight38074%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 1999 is highlighted, with 313, down 1% on 1998.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1999
  • 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 1999

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday44 (14%)
  • Tuesday38 (12%)
  • Wednesday45 (14%)
  • Thursday45 (14%)
  • Friday61 (19%)
  • Saturday52 (17%)
  • Sunday28 (8.9%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596 (1.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:598 (2.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5956 (18%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5947 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5953 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5965 (21%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5952 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5926 (8.3%)

Collisions by month

  • January31 (9.9%)
  • February23 (7.3%)
  • March19 (6.1%)
  • April21 (6.7%)
  • May16 (5.1%)
  • June36 (12%)
  • July23 (7.3%)
  • August31 (9.9%)
  • September32 (10%)
  • October24 (7.7%)
  • November32 (10%)
  • December25 (8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight231 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting42 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights lit32 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds245 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds48 (15%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded14 (4.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry189 (60%)
  • Wet or damp104 (33%)
  • Frost or ice15 (4.8%)
  • Mud2 (0.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)
  • Oil or diesel1 (0.3%)
  • Snow1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph59 (19%)
  • 40 mph9 (2.9%)
  • 50 mph8 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph176 (56%)
  • 70 mph61 (19%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway236 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway58 (19%)
  • Roundabout18 (5.8%)
  • 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 1999

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant413 (80%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)24 (4.6%)
  • Van occupant20 (3.9%)
  • Pedestrian18 (3.5%)
  • Cyclist9 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 514 (2.7%)
  • 6 to 1014 (2.7%)
  • 11 to 1526 (5%)
  • 16 to 2094 (18%)
  • 21 to 2552 (10%)
  • 26 to 35113 (22%)
  • 36 to 4588 (17%)
  • 46 to 5561 (12%)
  • 56 to 6529 (5.6%)
  • 66 to 7521 (4.1%)
  • Over 755 (1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider334 (65%)
  • Passenger165 (32%)
  • Pedestrian18 (3.5%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car477 (77%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes55 (8.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes39 (6.3%)
  • Motorcycle25 (4%)
  • Pedal cycle9 (1.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle4 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle3 (0.5%)
  • Ridden horse3 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 1999

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1999 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 1999

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 1999: 43, including 1 fatal and 9 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 1999
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM1436419
2ndA45244419
3rdA5244105
4thA50213729
5thA361203904
6thA428182207
7thA508173316
8thA14142313
9thA4381900
10thA42566704
11thB40386902
12thB40363500
13thA4252200
14thB40372401
15thB53851101

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 1999

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1999: 35.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 1999

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 1999: 146.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1999

West Northamptonshire recorded 1,415 collisions in 1999, and 22% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 1999

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 1999, 1 was fatal and 7 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1999.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years