Serious C road crash in North Northamptonshire on 22 December 1986 at 16:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 16:55 on Monday 22 December 1986. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured. The location was in the former Kettering district.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 16:55
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634AK01129
Council area: North Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class: C
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: Dark, no street lighting
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
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
40 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198634AK01129 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.