Unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire NN5 on 17 December 1979 at 12:35 involving a car
A car crashed on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 12:35 on Monday 17 December 1979. The 57-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 1979
- Monday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24963, longitude -0.94091, in the NN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197934CS00660
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2021.
Slight
BMW X5 crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 5 July 2021
19 m awayRef 202134WNC3221
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 18 December 1979
28 m awayRef 197934CS00665
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 8 December 1992
50 m awayRef 199234NS01573
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 13 April 1980
50 m awayRef 198034CS00201
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 26 August 1982
58 m awayRef 198234CS00555
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 5 April 2001
63 m awayRef 200134NN00422
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 197934CS00660 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1979.