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Serious M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 22 December 1988 at 18:40 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 18:40 on Thursday 22 December 1988. An 18-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1988
Thursday, 18:40
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30052, longitude -1.11714, in the NN6 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198834BD06003
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198834BD06003 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 1988.