Unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire on 28 December 1986 at 18:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 18:30 on Sunday 28 December 1986. The 15-year-old male rider was 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, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1986; Sunday, 18:30
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634BS02283
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: 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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Road sign or traffic signal
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
15 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 15, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198634BS02283 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.