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A43 crash in West Northamptonshire on 19 March 1989 at 11:30 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A43 in West Northamptonshire at 11:30 on Sunday 19 March 1989. The 43-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and an 8-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Mar 1989
Sunday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17464, longitude -0.94035, in the NN7 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198934BD00340
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
43
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198934BD00340 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 1989.