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Serious unclassified road crash in North Northamptonshire NN17 on 10 October 1987 at 14:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Northamptonshire at 14:00 on Saturday 10 October 1987. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, a 14-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and a 2-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Oct 1987
Saturday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49777, longitude -0.71459, in the NN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corby. The location was in the former Corby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198734AC00686
Council area
North 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198734AC00686 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.