Serious A6116 crash in North Northamptonshire on 23 December 1986 at 17:30 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the A6116 in North Northamptonshire at 17:30 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. The 16-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured. The location was in the former East Northamptonshire 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: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles: 2; Motor scooter and car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634AK01147
Council area: North Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 6116
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 (2)

Vehicle 1: Motor scooter
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Nearside

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 16, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198634AK01147 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.