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M1 crash in West Northamptonshire on 26 December 1989 at 13:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the M1 in West Northamptonshire at 13:00 on Tuesday 26 December 1989. A 59-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1989
Tuesday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30776, longitude -1.12257, in the NN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. The location was in the former Daventry district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198934BD06147
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 198934BD06147 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.