A422 crash in West Northamptonshire on 8 September 1989 at 08:45 involving a lorry
Two lorries were involved in a crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire at 08:45 on Friday 8 September 1989. The 51-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Sep 1989
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05329, longitude -1.22119, in the NN13 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
- 198934BD01014
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 422
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 1992.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 13 August 1992
At the same spotRef 199234ND00534
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 10 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199934ND00415
Slight
Yamaha MT09 crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 23 June 2015
6 m awayRef 201534WS15735
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 20 December 2006
10 m awayRef 200634WS06736
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 10 June 2024
11 m awayRef 2024340WN3182
Fatal
Car crash on the A422 in West Northamptonshire, 28 October 1979
20 m awayRef 197934DT00895
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
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 198934BD01014 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.