A422 crash in West Northamptonshire on 22 July 1985 at 17:20 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire at 17:20 on Monday 22 July 1985. The 59-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 1985
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07136, longitude -1.26202, in the OX17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middleton Cheney. 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
- 198534BD01055
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2002.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 9 December 2002
28 m awayRef 200234ND00820
Slight
Car crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 15 April 1983
94 m awayRef 198334BD00502
Slight
Audi A3 crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 12 September 2023
121 m awayRef 2023340WN5122
Slight
Car crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 24 July 1983
164 m awayRef 198334BD00993
Slight
Car crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 19 July 1987
170 m awayRef 198734BD00931
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 4 February 1980
180 m awayRef 198034DT00147
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, 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 198534BD01055 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.