M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 19 December 1986 at 17:45 involving a lorry
Two lorries were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 17:45 on Friday 19 December 1986. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured. The location was in the former Daventry district.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 1986
- Friday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198634BD01834
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)
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 198634BD01834 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.