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A508 crash in West Northamptonshire on 6 December 1989 at 13:35 involving a car

A car crashed on the A508 in West Northamptonshire at 13:35 on Wednesday 6 December 1989. The 25-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1989
Wednesday, 13:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16859, longitude -0.89824, 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
198934BS01928
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 January 1997.

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
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198934BS01928 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.