Unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire NN3 on 7 July 1983 at 15:40 involving a van
A van and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 15:40 on Thursday 7 July 1983. The 17-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 1983
- Thursday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25966, longitude -0.85042, in the NN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. The location was in the former Northampton district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198334BS01043
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1980.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 12 September 1980
61 m awayRef 198034CN00880
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 28 July 2012
72 m awayRef 201234WN18302
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 13 December 2024
74 m awayRef 2024340WN6972
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 15 November 1979
95 m awayRef 197934CN00938
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 1 May 2004
103 m awayRef 200434NN02167
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 29 April 1983
112 m awayRef 198334BS00644
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, 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 198334BS01043 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 1983.