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Wellingborough road accidents in 1986: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 337 road traffic collisions in Wellingborough in 1986, and 442 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 127 were serious.

Collisions were up 18% on 1985 (285), and casualties rose from 363.

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 1986
337
Up 18% on 1985
Casualties in 1986
442
Up 22% on 1985
Fatal collisions
9
2.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
127
38% of collisions

Crash severity in Wellingborough in 1986

2.7% of collisions in Wellingborough in 1986 were fatal and 38% serious, against 2.3% and 29% in Wellingborough from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal92.7%
  • Serious12738%
  • Slight20160%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal92%
  • Serious15635%
  • Slight27763%

Wellingborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wellingborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 347 in 1980. 1986 is highlighted, with 337, up 18% on 1985.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1986
  • 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 1986

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday61 (18%)
  • Tuesday42 (12%)
  • Wednesday51 (15%)
  • Thursday56 (17%)
  • Friday60 (18%)
  • Saturday42 (12%)
  • Sunday25 (7.4%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5910 (3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (2.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5943 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5934 (10%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5957 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5997 (29%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5957 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5932 (9.5%)

Collisions by month

  • January33 (9.8%)
  • February16 (4.7%)
  • March15 (4.5%)
  • April31 (9.2%)
  • May21 (6.2%)
  • June35 (10%)
  • July31 (9.2%)
  • August24 (7.1%)
  • September27 (8%)
  • October33 (9.8%)
  • November34 (10%)
  • December37 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight240 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit67 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (7.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds256 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (3.9%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.2%)
  • Other12 (3.6%)

Road surface

  • Dry195 (58%)
  • Wet or damp121 (36%)
  • Frost or ice16 (4.7%)
  • Snow5 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph193 (57%)
  • 40 mph23 (6.8%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph98 (29%)
  • 70 mph20 (5.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway269 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway32 (9.5%)
  • Roundabout19 (5.6%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Wellingborough in 1986

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant224 (51%)
  • Motorcyclist125 (28%)
  • Pedestrian56 (13%)
  • Cyclist19 (4.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 56 (1.4%)
  • 6 to 1013 (2.9%)
  • 11 to 1536 (8.1%)
  • 16 to 20151 (34%)
  • 21 to 2564 (14%)
  • 26 to 3565 (15%)
  • 36 to 4541 (9.3%)
  • 46 to 5534 (7.7%)
  • 56 to 6515 (3.4%)
  • 66 to 759 (2%)
  • Over 758 (1.8%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider284 (64%)
  • Passenger102 (23%)
  • Pedestrian56 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car398 (66%)
  • Motorcycle122 (20%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes28 (4.6%)
  • Pedal cycle21 (3.5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes16 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car7 (1.2%)
  • Minibus5 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle5 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach4 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Wellingborough in 1986

Map of the last crash of 1986 in Wellingborough

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

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Roads in Wellingborough with the most crashes in 1986

The A509 had the most collisions in Wellingborough in 1986: 72, including 2 fatal and 33 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Wellingborough, 1986
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5097290233
2ndA5104257118
3rdB5692331011
4thA45223819
5thA4500152401
6thB571121402
7thA5128101413
8thB57371104
9thA66603
10thB5726701
11thA435920
12thB5703301
13thB5742202
14thA41461101

Towns in Wellingborough: crashes in 1986

Wellingborough itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1986: 135.

Postcode districts in Wellingborough: crashes in 1986

NN8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Wellingborough in 1986: 174.

North Northamptonshire and its former districts in 1986

North Northamptonshire recorded 1,180 collisions in 1986, and 29% of them were in the old Wellingborough district.

Other former districts in North Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Wellingborough in 1986

Of the last 24 crashes in Wellingborough in 1986, none were fatal and 10 were serious. The last was on 29 December 1986.

Severity

Wellingborough road accidents in other years