A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 18 December 1986 at 16:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 16:00 on Thursday 18 December 1986. A 29-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was slightly injured. The location was in the former Northampton district.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1986; Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634BS02234
Council area: West Northamptonshire
Police force: Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 428
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 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: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
78 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
33 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198634BS02234 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.