Serious A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 28 March 1986 at 12:35 involving a car
A car crashed on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 12:35 on Friday 28 March 1986. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Mar 1986
- Friday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.042, longitude -1.13595, in the NN13 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198634BD00424
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 43
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2002.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 21 March 2002
At the same spotRef 200234TD00256
Serious
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 10 May 1981
10 m awayRef 198134DT00380
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 14 January 2022
13 m awayRef 2022340WNC152
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 29 October 2004
14 m awayRef 200434ND05486
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 22 January 2007
14 m awayRef 200734WS04167
Serious
Mercedes 300 crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 16 October 1993
20 m awayRef 199334TD01025
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 198634BD00424 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1986.