M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 28 September 1985 at 14:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 14:00 on Saturday 28 September 1985. The 22-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 26-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 1985
- Saturday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16908, longitude -0.86533, in the NN7 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
- 198534BS01382
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 3 August 1985
20 m awayRef 198534BS01103
Slight
Mitsubishi Galant crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 22 October 1992
28 m awayRef 199234TS00870
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 22 June 2001
40 m awayRef 200134TM00268
Slight
Foden crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 1 July 1996
40 m awayRef 199634TM00445
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 10 September 2015
40 m awayRef 201534TM22845
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire, 29 December 2016
41 m awayRef 201634WS15756
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, 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 198534BS01382 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.