A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 28 March 1980 at 16:20 involving a minibus
A minibus hit a pedestrian on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 16:20 on Friday 28 March 1980. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Mar 1980
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Minibus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25886, longitude -0.93776, in the NN5 postcode district. The location was in the former Northampton district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198034CS00168
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 428
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Minibus)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 198034CS00168 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 1980.