Serious unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 December 1986 at 08:20 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 08:20 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. The 45-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured. The location was in the former Northampton district.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Serious
Date: 30 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 08:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634BS02286
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: Using private drive or entrance
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: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
45 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Female, aged 45, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198634BS02286 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.