C road crash in West Northamptonshire NN7 on 16 August 1985 at 10:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 10:00 on Friday 16 August 1985. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 1985
- Friday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15674, longitude -0.89035, in the NN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Roade. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198534BS01169
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 June 1987.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 19 June 1987
At the same spotRef 198734BS00996
Slight
Car crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 17 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198534BS01703
Serious
Seat Ateca crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 14 March 2023
15 m awayRef 2023340WN1502
Serious
Car crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 8 September 1983
20 m awayRef 198334BS01340
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 31 July 1998
20 m awayRef 199834ND00417
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 17 October 2002
22 m awayRef 200234ND00661
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 198534BS01169 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.