Serious A508 crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 October 1989 at 11:00 involving a car
Three cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire at 11:00 on Monday 30 October 1989. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 36-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 2-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Oct 1989
- Monday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07518, longitude -0.86173, in the MK19 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198934BD01259
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 508
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1991.
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 24 November 1991
10 m awayRef 199134ND00896
Serious
Car crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 13 December 2006
20 m awayRef 200634WS06652
Slight
Car crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 3 December 1979
22 m awayRef 197934DT01069
Slight
Car crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 21 September 1984
63 m awayRef 198434BD01358
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 28 July 2020
113 m awayRef 2020340S04812
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 18 November 2021
124 m awayRef 202134WNC6231
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 62 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198934BD01259 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.