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A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 5 March 1981 at 08:15 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 08:15 on Thursday 5 March 1981. The 33-year-old male driver of the van, a 21-year-old female passenger in the car and the 24-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 1981
Thursday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33333, longitude -1.05779, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198134DD00213
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 92 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198134DD00213 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 1981.