C road crash in West Northamptonshire on 16 December 1986 at 19:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 19:00 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. A 3-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured. The location was in the former Northampton district.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 16 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634BN01286
Council area: West Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198634BN01286 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.