A45 crash in West Northamptonshire on 27 November 1987 at 08:50 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A45 in West Northamptonshire at 08:50 on Friday 27 November 1987. An 8-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 1987
- Friday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2317, longitude -0.90737, in the NN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198734BS02080
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 17 December 1979
100 m awayRef 197934CS00657
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 1 May 1980
108 m awayRef 198034CS00244
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 15 March 1980
142 m awayRef 198034CS00148
Serious
Car crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire, 2 December 1979
170 m awayRef 197934CS00612
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 27 July 2015
178 m awayRef 201534WN19015
Slight
Fiat Croma crash on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire, 13 July 2001
184 m awayRef 200134NN00856
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 198734BS02080 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 1987.