Serious unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire on 16 December 1986 at 15:10 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 15:10 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. The 23-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured. The location was in the former Daventry district.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Serious
Date: 16 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 15:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634BD01790
Council area: West Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
45 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 23, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198634BD01790 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.