B572 crash in North Northamptonshire on 15 December 1986 at 19:15 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B572 in North Northamptonshire at 19:15 on Monday 15 December 1986. The 45-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured. The location was in the former Wellingborough district.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 15 Dec 1986; Monday, 19:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634AW01604
Council area: North Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 572
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
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: Raining, 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
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
50 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
45 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 45, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198634AW01604 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.