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A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 December 1985 at 13:45 involving a lorry

A lorry and two cars were involved in a crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 13:45 on Monday 30 December 1985. A 62-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and the 62-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1985
Monday, 13:45
Vehicles
3
Lorry and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29046, longitude -0.8373, in the NN3 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198534BS01996
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
40 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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198534BS01996 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.