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Serious A6 crash in North Northamptonshire on 17 September 1979 at 22:58 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in North Northamptonshire at 22:58 on Monday 17 September 1979. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 17-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Sep 1979
Monday, 22:58
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29189, longitude -0.5968, in the NN10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rushden. The location was in the former East Northamptonshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197934BR00446
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 197934BR00446 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.