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A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 5 November 1981 at 23:30 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 23:30 on Thursday 5 November 1981. The 34-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 1981
Thursday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33691, longitude -1.1766, in the CV23 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
198134DD01037
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
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
A
Second road number
361

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 198134DD01037 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.