A422 crash in West Northamptonshire on 29 March 1985 at 12:32 involving a car
Two cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire at 12:32 on Friday 29 March 1985. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 1985
- Friday, 12:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03065, longitude -0.90615, in the MK19 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
- 198534BD00444
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 422
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2015.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 13 April 2015
10 m awayRef 201534WS08925
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 9 July 2000
64 m awayRef 200034ND00377
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 9 August 2016
89 m awayRef 201634WS10476
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 19 September 1994
92 m awayRef 199434TD00866
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 5 September 2013
92 m awayRef 201334WS19843
Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 22 January 2022
97 m awayRef 2022340WNC262
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198534BD00444 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 1985.