A427 crash in North Northamptonshire on 20 May 1985 at 09:30 involving a lorry
A lorry crashed on the A427 in North Northamptonshire at 09:30 on Monday 20 May 1985. The 35-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 1985
- Monday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49426, longitude -0.73119, in the NN18 postcode district. The location was in the former Corby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198534AC00336
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 427
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6003
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 19 January 1996.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 19 January 1996
At the same spotRef 199634NC00060
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6003 in North Northamptonshire, 19 November 2021
9 m awayRef 202134NNC6281
Slight
Bedford crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 1 December 1994
10 m awayRef 199434NC00570
Slight
MG TF crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 25 May 2008
14 m awayRef 200834NC24188
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 4 October 1979
14 m awayRef 197934AC00431
Slight
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the A6003 in North Northamptonshire, 25 March 2012
20 m awayRef 201234NC07832
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, 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 198534AC00336 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 1985.