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A427 crash in North Northamptonshire on 7 June 1979 at 13:25 involving a taxi

A taxi crashed on the A427 in North Northamptonshire at 13:25 on Thursday 7 June 1979. A 2-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jun 1979
Thursday, 13:25
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48652, longitude -0.70534, in the NN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. The location was in the former Corby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197934AC00241
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
427
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 197934AC00241 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1979.