A45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 January 1979 at 11:35 involving a lorry
A lorry crashed on the A45 in West Northamptonshire at 11:35 on Tuesday 30 January 1979. The 42-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 1979
- Tuesday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23717, longitude -1.06275, in the NN7 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197934DD00087
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 62 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2018.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 2 February 2018
62 m awayRef 2018340D01391
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 2 June 2012
64 m awayRef 201234WD14112
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 7 August 1989
100 m awayRef 198934BD00867
Slight
Lorry crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 30 October 1988
100 m awayRef 198834BD01321
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 2 February 2005
100 m awayRef 200534ND00564
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 16 June 1982
108 m awayRef 198234DD00526
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
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 197934DD00087 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.