Serious C road crash in West Northamptonshire on 14 December 1986 at 15:30 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 15:30 on Sunday 14 December 1986. The 20-year-old female driver was seriously injured. The location was in the former Daventry district.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 14 Dec 1986; Sunday, 15:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634BS02188
Council area: West Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class: C
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: Other
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Entered ditch
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198634BS02188 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.