A427 crash in North Northamptonshire on 19 December 1990 at 10:00 involving a Morris Marina
A Morris Marina, a Ford Transit van and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire at 10:00 on Wednesday 19 December 1990. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 1990
- Wednesday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Morris Marina and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48779, longitude -0.8922, in the LE16 postcode district. The location was in the former Kettering district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199034AC00925
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 427
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 664
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 20 September 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 20 September 1984
10 m awayRef 198434AC00650
Slight
Car crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 13 December 1981
20 m awayRef 198134AK00868
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 9 June 1990
22 m awayRef 199034AC00650
Slight
Lorry crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 17 August 1987
22 m awayRef 198734AC00525
Serious
Scooter crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 20 June 1985
30 m awayRef 198534AC00411
Serious
Car crash on the A427 in North Northamptonshire, 15 December 1982
32 m awayRef 198234AK01005
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Morris Marina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Marina)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
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 199034AC00925 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1990.