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A43 crash in North Northamptonshire on 26 December 1989 at 22:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire at 22:20 on Tuesday 26 December 1989. A 68-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1989
Tuesday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48151, longitude -0.65954, in the NN18 postcode district. The location was in the former Corby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198934AC00992
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
43
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6116

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, 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 198934AC00992 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 1989.