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A361 crash in West Northamptonshire on 20 January 1990 at 09:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire at 09:10 on Saturday 20 January 1990. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 1990
Saturday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26384, longitude -1.16579, in the NN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Daventry. 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
199034BD00064
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 199034BD00064 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 1990.