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Unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire NN11 on 22 February 1979 at 08:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 08:00 on Thursday 22 February 1979. A 47-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Feb 1979
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25559, longitude -1.15715, in the NN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Daventry. 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
197934DD00146
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
Other
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 197934DD00146 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.