Serious C road crash in West Northamptonshire on 18 December 1986 at 14:40 involving a van
A van, a car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 14:40 on Thursday 18 December 1986. The 55-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 37-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured. The location was in the former Northampton district.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Dec 1986
- Thursday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Van and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198634BS02233
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 55, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198634BS02233 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.