Serious unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire on 15 December 1986 at 16:45 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 16:45 on Monday 15 December 1986. A 32-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured. The location was in the former Corby district.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 15 Dec 1986; Monday, 16:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and taxi
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634AC00920
Council area: North Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
30 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
37 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198634AC00920 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.