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Fatal unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire on 28 December 1986 at 23:10 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 23:10 on Sunday 28 December 1986. A 25-year-old female passenger was killed and the 20-year-old female driver and a 17-year-old male passenger were 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, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Dec 1986
Sunday, 23:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198634BS02278
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198634BS02278 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.