Serious C road crash in North Northamptonshire on 12 December 1986 at 15:25 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 15:25 on Friday 12 December 1986. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured. The location was in the former Kettering district.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 12 Dec 1986; Friday, 15:25
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634AK01093
Council area: North Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class: C
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
38 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198634AK01093 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.