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Serious unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire NN16 on 8 September 1980 at 12:30 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 12:30 on Monday 8 September 1980. The 35-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Sep 1980
Monday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41042, longitude -0.70978, in the NN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kettering. The location was in the former Kettering district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198034AK00640
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198034AK00640 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 1980.