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Kettering road accidents in 1989: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 339 road traffic collisions in Kettering in 1989, and 492 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 116 were serious.

Collisions were up 4% on 1988 (326), and casualties rose from 454.

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 1989
339
Up 4% on 1988
Casualties in 1989
492
Up 8% on 1988
Fatal collisions
13
3.8% of collisions
Serious collisions
116
34% of collisions

Crash severity in Kettering in 1989

3.8% of collisions in Kettering in 1989 were fatal and 34% serious, against 2.2% and 28% in Kettering from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal133.8%
  • Serious11634%
  • Slight21062%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal153%
  • Serious15732%
  • Slight32065%

Kettering road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kettering, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 362 in 1982. 1989 is highlighted, with 339, up 4% on 1988.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1989
  • 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 1989

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday50 (15%)
  • Tuesday50 (15%)
  • Wednesday47 (14%)
  • Thursday45 (13%)
  • Friday50 (15%)
  • Saturday48 (14%)
  • Sunday49 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5910 (2.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (2.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5946 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5941 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5951 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5993 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5956 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5935 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January20 (5.9%)
  • February29 (8.6%)
  • March35 (10%)
  • April16 (4.7%)
  • May26 (7.7%)
  • June21 (6.2%)
  • July28 (8.3%)
  • August23 (6.8%)
  • September38 (11%)
  • October43 (13%)
  • November36 (11%)
  • December24 (7.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight240 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit46 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting40 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (3.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds257 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist8 (2.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other8 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry199 (59%)
  • Wet or damp132 (39%)
  • Frost or ice7 (2.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph177 (52%)
  • 40 mph15 (4.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph137 (40%)
  • 70 mph9 (2.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway321 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.8%)
  • Roundabout4 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Kettering in 1989

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant314 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (15%)
  • Pedestrian48 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist30 (6.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.6%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 519 (3.9%)
  • 6 to 1015 (3%)
  • 11 to 1534 (6.9%)
  • 16 to 20122 (25%)
  • 21 to 2579 (16%)
  • 26 to 3580 (16%)
  • 36 to 4555 (11%)
  • 46 to 5534 (6.9%)
  • 56 to 6529 (5.9%)
  • 66 to 7513 (2.6%)
  • Over 7512 (2.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider298 (61%)
  • Passenger146 (30%)
  • Pedestrian48 (9.8%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car479 (74%)
  • Motorcycle69 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle30 (4.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes29 (4.5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes22 (3.4%)
  • Bus or coach10 (1.5%)
  • Minibus4 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Kettering in 1989

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1989 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 1989

The A6 had the most collisions in Kettering in 1989: 86, including 1 fatal and 29 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Kettering, 1989
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA686130129
2ndA43325179
3rdA6003172417
4thA509142617
5thA4300121302
6thA427111704
7thA6900101102
8thA60481705
9thA60983400
10thB5763301
11thB6692400
12thB6641301

Towns in Kettering: crashes in 1989

Kettering itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1989: 160.

Postcode districts in Kettering: crashes in 1989

NN14 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Kettering in 1989: 108.

North Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1989

North Northamptonshire recorded 1,135 collisions in 1989, and 30% of them were in the old Kettering district.

Other former districts in North Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Kettering in 1989

Of the last 24 crashes in Kettering in 1989, 1 was fatal and 9 were serious. The last was on 24 December 1989.

Severity

Kettering road accidents in other years