C road crash in North Northamptonshire NN18 on 5 September 1987 at 18:15 involving a motor scooter
A motor scooter crashed on a C road in North Northamptonshire at 18:15 on Saturday 5 September 1987. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 1987
- Saturday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motor scooter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48559, longitude -0.71067, in the NN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. The location was in the former Corby district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198734AC00604
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 1983.
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 22 December 1983
10 m awayRef 198334AC00806
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 28 June 2025
33 m awayRef 2025340NN9022
Slight
Scooter crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 27 November 1981
50 m awayRef 198134AC00529
Serious
Mazda 121 crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 31 January 2007
51 m awayRef 200734NC17907
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire, 12 June 2004
57 m awayRef 200434NC02891
Serious
Car crash on a C road in North Northamptonshire, 23 June 1986
58 m awayRef 198634AC00467
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motor scooter
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)
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 198734AC00604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1987.