Serious A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 26 August 1985 at 15:30 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 15:30 on Monday 26 August 1985. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Aug 1985
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31085, longitude -1.04653, in the NN6 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198534BS01225
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 428
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5385
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 April 1985.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 9 April 1985
10 m awayRef 198534BS00525
Serious
Harley-Davidson XL 883 crash on the B5385 in West Northamptonshire, 3 September 2016
29 m awayRef 201634WD11006
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 2 December 1995
30 m awayRef 199534ND05457
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 17 January 2009
30 m awayRef 200934WD02989
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 26 March 1991
30 m awayRef 199134BS00429
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire, 2 August 1997
30 m awayRef 199734ND00372
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 198534BS01225 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.