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Serious A425 crash in West Northamptonshire on 9 April 1981 at 17:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A425 in West Northamptonshire at 17:35 on Thursday 9 April 1981. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Apr 1981
Thursday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26042, longitude -1.16629, in the NN11 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
198134DD00323
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
425
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198134DD00323 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.