Fatal M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 21 December 1986 at 09:40 involving a car
Two cars and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 09:40 on Sunday 21 December 1986. The 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 36-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were killed. The location was in the former Daventry district.
It happened in daylight in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 21 Dec 1986
- Sunday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 killed
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198634BD01837
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 3: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
FatalFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 198634BD01837 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.