A41 crash in West Northamptonshire on 8 July 1984 at 15:25 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A41 in West Northamptonshire at 15:25 on Sunday 8 July 1984. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 1984
- Sunday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.99579, longitude -1.25569, in the OX17 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198434BD01173
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1995.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4100 in West Northamptonshire, 13 March 1995
20 m awayRef 199534ND00102
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A41 in West Northamptonshire, 26 June 1983
20 m awayRef 198334BD00837
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4100 in West Northamptonshire, 7 December 2020
24 m awayRef 2020340S08772
Slight
Minibus crash on the A41 in West Northamptonshire, 27 November 1983
30 m awayRef 198334BD01546
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 20 July 2022
48 m awayRef 202234WNC4902
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in West Northamptonshire, 2 September 1985
67 m awayRef 198534BD01343
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 198434BD01173 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 1984.