Serious C road crash in North Northamptonshire on 24 December 1986 at 17:55 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 17:55 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. The 37-year-old male driver was seriously injured. The location was in the former Kettering district.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 17:55
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634AK01141
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: 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: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Lane or location
Not on carriageway
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
37 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 37, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 198634AK01141 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.