C road crash in West Northamptonshire CV23 on 13 September 1985 at 15:56 involving a lorry
A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 15:56 on Friday 13 September 1985. 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 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Sep 1985
- Friday, 15:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30232, longitude -1.16697, in the CV23 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198534BD01329
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 160 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 1991.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 2 March 1991
160 m awayRef 199134BD00191
Serious
Car crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 28 March 2008
161 m awayRef 200834WD15108
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 17 October 2002
163 m awayRef 200234ND00656
Fatal
Car crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 14 January 2017
166 m awayRef 201734WD80037
Serious
Mazda 626 crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 3 March 2010
179 m awayRef 201034TD10070
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire, 2 November 2000
184 m awayRef 200034ND00624
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- 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, 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 198534BD01329 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.