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Serious C road crash in North Northamptonshire PE8 on 21 December 1983 at 19:00 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 19:00 on Wednesday 21 December 1983. A 20-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1983
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44862, longitude -0.41304, in the PE8 postcode district. The location was in the former East Northamptonshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198334AC00809
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198334AC00809 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 1983.