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A6 crash in North Northamptonshire on 10 March 1982 at 17:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A6 in North Northamptonshire at 17:00 on Wednesday 10 March 1982. The 68-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Mar 1982
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29064, longitude -0.59787, in the NN10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rushden. The location was in the former East Northamptonshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198234BR00129
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, 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 198234BR00129 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1982.