Serious A361 crash in West Northamptonshire on 10 July 1981 at 13:55 involving a van
A van, a motorcycle and two lorries were involved in a crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire at 13:55 on Friday 10 July 1981. The 25-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Jul 1981
- Friday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Van and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2803, longitude -1.16753, 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
- 198134DD00608
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 2017.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 1 March 2017
20 m awayRef 201734WD01077
Slight
Van crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 16 August 1979
61 m awayRef 197934DD00503
Slight
Lorry crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 15 November 1984
76 m awayRef 198434BD01705
Serious
Lorry crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 1 June 1988
92 m awayRef 198834BD00699
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 10 February 2024
104 m awayRef 2024340WN1152
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 10 August 1987
132 m awayRef 198734BD01027
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 4: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
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 198134DD00608 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.