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Kettering road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 348 road traffic collisions in Kettering in 1979, and 488 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 157 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 10,816 collisions in Kettering.

District council until April 2021, now part of North Northamptonshire. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 1979
348
Casualties in 1979
488
Fatal collisions
12
3.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
157
45% of collisions

Crash severity in Kettering in 1979

3.4% of collisions in Kettering in 1979 were fatal and 45% serious, against 2.2% and 28% in Kettering from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal123.4%
  • Serious15745%
  • Slight17951%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal122.5%
  • Serious21143%
  • Slight26554%

Kettering road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kettering, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 362 in 1982. 1979 is highlighted, with 348.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025164209
2024159210
2023160219
2022156190
2021142188
2020105132
2019131168
2018123227
2017144181
2016128174
2015148188
2014191242
2013161209
2012171242
2011175232
2010188250
2009207272
2008203267
2007213280
2006220299
2005241344
2004248326
2003221328
2002229317
2001183258
2000237326
1999216309
1998212313
1997241345
1996268386
1995248351
1994224311
1993209277
1992252331
1991252329
1990335477
1989339492
1988326454
1987334450
1986349473
1985330453
1984348439
1983303396
1982362498
1981312427
1980360489
1979348488

When and where crashes happen in Kettering in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (11%)
  • Tuesday50 (14%)
  • Wednesday53 (15%)
  • Thursday54 (16%)
  • Friday61 (18%)
  • Saturday57 (16%)
  • Sunday36 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:598 (2.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (1.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5943 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5940 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5960 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5989 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5937 (11%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5966 (19%)

Collisions by month

  • January19 (5.5%)
  • February12 (3.4%)
  • March23 (6.6%)
  • April27 (7.8%)
  • May30 (8.6%)
  • June24 (6.9%)
  • July29 (8.3%)
  • August31 (8.9%)
  • September26 (7.5%)
  • October35 (10%)
  • November44 (13%)
  • December48 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight230 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit66 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting47 (14%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds269 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds36 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (3.2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Other8 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry197 (57%)
  • Wet or damp132 (38%)
  • Frost or ice13 (3.7%)
  • Snow5 (1.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph230 (66%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph108 (31%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway313 (90%)
  • Dual carriageway15 (4.3%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (3.4%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Kettering in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant204 (42%)
  • Motorcyclist118 (24%)
  • Pedestrian74 (15%)
  • Van occupant34 (7%)
  • Cyclist33 (6.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (2%)
  • 6 to 1033 (6.8%)
  • 11 to 1533 (6.8%)
  • 16 to 20143 (29%)
  • 21 to 2553 (11%)
  • 26 to 3581 (17%)
  • 36 to 4551 (10%)
  • 46 to 5529 (5.9%)
  • 56 to 6531 (6.4%)
  • 66 to 7512 (2.5%)
  • Over 7512 (2.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider279 (57%)
  • Passenger135 (28%)
  • Pedestrian74 (15%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car334 (57%)
  • Motorcycle116 (20%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes41 (7%)
  • Pedal cycle34 (5.8%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes29 (5%)
  • Other vehicle13 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach8 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car5 (0.9%)
  • Minibus3 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Kettering in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Kettering

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Kettering with the most crashes in 1979

The A6 had the most collisions in Kettering in 1979: 81, including 1 fatal and 37 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Kettering, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA681113137
2ndA435288430
3rdA4300212806
4thA60032029110
5thA6900111215
6thA4277914
7thA60986912
8thA5095504
9thA60451301
10thB5765602
11thB6692210
12thA5101401
13thA60141100
14thB6641100

Towns in Kettering: crashes in 1979

Kettering itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1979: 179.

Postcode districts in Kettering: crashes in 1979

NN16 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Kettering in 1979: 122.

North Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1979

North Northamptonshire recorded 1,134 collisions in 1979, and 31% of them were in the old Kettering district.

Other former districts in North Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Kettering in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Kettering in 1979, 2 were fatal and 11 were serious. The last was on 30 December 1979.

Severity

Kettering road accidents in other years