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Wellingborough road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 325 road traffic collisions in Wellingborough in 1979, and 433 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 174 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 10,269 collisions in Wellingborough.

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

Collisions in 1979
325
Casualties in 1979
433
Fatal collisions
8
2.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
174
54% of collisions

Crash severity in Wellingborough in 1979

2.5% of collisions in Wellingborough in 1979 were fatal and 54% serious, against 2.3% and 29% in Wellingborough from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal82.5%
  • Serious17454%
  • Slight14344%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal102.3%
  • Serious22953%
  • Slight19445%

Wellingborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wellingborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 347 in 1980. 1979 is highlighted, with 325.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025149181
2024130174
2023127173
2022116146
2021109143
2020119141
2019141173
2018147202
2017107141
2016122165
2015148188
2014144180
2013125167
2012117141
2011147189
2010156200
2009152213
2008175242
2007192273
2006207269
2005208274
2004216307
2003229311
2002227326
2001241345
2000239337
1999269371
1998267372
1997264375
1996240334
1995243324
1994260333
1993234306
1992231304
1991275383
1990290394
1989336444
1988332443
1987312424
1986337442
1985285363
1984294372
1983265373
1982334448
1981339461
1980347472
1979325433

When and where crashes happen in Wellingborough in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (14%)
  • Tuesday41 (13%)
  • Wednesday43 (13%)
  • Thursday45 (14%)
  • Friday72 (22%)
  • Saturday46 (14%)
  • Sunday31 (9.5%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5911 (3.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (0.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5956 (17%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5932 (9.8%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5960 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5979 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5932 (9.8%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5953 (16%)

Collisions by month

  • January33 (10%)
  • February23 (7.1%)
  • March32 (9.8%)
  • April17 (5.2%)
  • May28 (8.6%)
  • June18 (5.5%)
  • July23 (7.1%)
  • August22 (6.8%)
  • September34 (10%)
  • October33 (10%)
  • November28 (8.6%)
  • December34 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight219 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit60 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting40 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds258 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (9.2%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (2.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (2.8%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Other4 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Road surface

  • Dry193 (59%)
  • Wet or damp98 (30%)
  • Frost or ice18 (5.5%)
  • Snow15 (4.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph208 (64%)
  • 40 mph24 (7.4%)
  • 50 mph4 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph81 (25%)
  • 70 mph7 (2.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway284 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (5.8%)
  • One way street or slip road19 (5.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Wellingborough in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant194 (45%)
  • Motorcyclist87 (20%)
  • Pedestrian80 (18%)
  • Cyclist30 (6.9%)
  • Van occupant17 (3.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (2.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 517 (3.9%)
  • 6 to 1026 (6%)
  • 11 to 1536 (8.3%)
  • 16 to 20103 (24%)
  • 21 to 2554 (12%)
  • 26 to 3571 (16%)
  • 36 to 4546 (11%)
  • 46 to 5531 (7.2%)
  • 56 to 6533 (7.6%)
  • 66 to 7511 (2.5%)
  • Over 755 (1.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider250 (58%)
  • Passenger103 (24%)
  • Pedestrian80 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car352 (61%)
  • Motorcycle95 (17%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes40 (7%)
  • Pedal cycle34 (5.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes27 (4.7%)
  • Bus or coach13 (2.3%)
  • Other vehicle6 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car6 (1%)
  • Minibus2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Wellingborough in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Wellingborough

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Wellingborough with the most crashes in 1979

The A45 had the most collisions in Wellingborough in 1979: 77, including 4 fatal and 42 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Wellingborough, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4577115442
2ndA5093855025
3rdA5103342016
4thB571182109
5thA5128131403
6thB573111605
7thB56991306
8thA661103
9thB5725501
10thA432402
11thB5702202
12thB5741101

Towns in Wellingborough: crashes in 1979

Wellingborough itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1979: 171.

Postcode districts in Wellingborough: crashes in 1979

NN8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Wellingborough in 1979: 215.

North Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1979

North Northamptonshire recorded 1,134 collisions in 1979, and 29% of them were in the old Wellingborough district.

Other former districts in North Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Wellingborough in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Wellingborough in 1979, none were fatal and 12 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Wellingborough road accidents in other years