Serious A4500 crash in West Northamptonshire on 23 December 1985 at 09:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire at 09:05 on Monday 23 December 1985. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Dec 1985
- Monday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24193, longitude -0.89584, in the NN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198534BN01304
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4500
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 August 2015.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 25 August 2015
3 m awayRef 201534WN21925
Serious
Car crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 30 May 1985
10 m awayRef 198534BN00547
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 29 March 1991
10 m awayRef 199134BN00289
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 6 November 2015
13 m awayRef 201534WN28215
Serious
Car crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 21 February 1987
14 m awayRef 198734BN00153
Slight
Car crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 27 January 1987
14 m awayRef 198734BN00053
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, 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 198534BN01304 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.