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Serious B5385 crash in West Northamptonshire on 8 August 1980 at 23:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the B5385 in West Northamptonshire at 23:55 on Friday 8 August 1980. The 17-year-old male driver, an 18-year-old male passenger and a 19-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Aug 1980
Friday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30395, longitude -1.09508, in the NN6 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198034DD00663
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5385
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198034DD00663 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.