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Fatal A427 crash in North Northamptonshire on 9 June 1986 at 09:35 involving a lorry

Two lorries and two cars were involved in a crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire at 09:35 on Monday 9 June 1986. The 50-year-old female driver of vehicle 4 and an 80-year-old female passenger in vehicle 4 were killed and the 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Jun 1986
Monday, 09:35
Vehicles
4
Lorry and 3 others
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49566, longitude -0.73542, in the NN17 postcode district. The location was in the former Corby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198634AC00414
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
427
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 198634AC00414 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1986.