A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 17 December 1986 at 18:32 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 18:32 on Wednesday 17 December 1986. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 23-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured. The location was in the former Northampton district.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 1986
- Wednesday, 18:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198634BS02232
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 43
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198634BS02232 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.