A5 crash in West Northamptonshire on 20 December 1984 at 14:45 involving a lorry
A lorry crashed on the A5 in West Northamptonshire at 14:45 on Thursday 20 December 1984. The 41-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 1984
- Thursday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33402, longitude -1.17371, in the CV23 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198434BD01905
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 361
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 1991.
Slight
Scania crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 26 July 1991
10 m awayRef 199134ND00581
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 19 July 1985
20 m awayRef 198534BD01041
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 5 August 1984
20 m awayRef 198434BD01099
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 12 August 1983
20 m awayRef 198334BD01094
Serious
Lorry crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 23 August 1983
20 m awayRef 198334BD01120
Serious
Van crash on the A5 in West Northamptonshire, 19 August 1986
20 m awayRef 198634BD01068
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
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 198434BD01905 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.