A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 29 December 1986 at 10:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 10:55 on Monday 29 December 1986. A 13-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured. The location was in the former Northampton district.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1986; Monday, 10:55
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198634BS02294
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: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
62 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
40 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front 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 198634BS02294 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.