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Serious A6003 crash in North Northamptonshire on 12 December 1983 at 13:42 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the A6003 in North Northamptonshire at 13:42 on Monday 12 December 1983. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter and a 17-year-old male passenger on the motor scooter were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 1983
Monday, 13:42
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41996, longitude -0.72773, in the NN16 postcode district. The location was in the former Kettering district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198334AK00929
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6003
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198334AK00929 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.