A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 16 November 1985 at 17:35 involving a car
A car crashed on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 17:35 on Saturday 16 November 1985. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 1985
- Saturday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14032, longitude -0.98442, in the NN12 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
- 198534BD01635
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 43
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 June 1999.
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 19 June 1999
50 m awayRef 199934ND00353
Serious
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 7 January 1979
100 m awayRef 197934DT00007
Serious
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 1 January 1979
100 m awayRef 197934DT00001
Slight
Van crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 10 December 1983
122 m awayRef 198334BD01650
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 30 October 1981
141 m awayRef 198134DT01173
Serious
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 29 August 1983
141 m awayRef 198334BD01143
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, 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 198534BD01635 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.