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Serious A361 crash in West Northamptonshire on 18 June 1990 at 14:00 involving a Toyota Starlet

A Toyota Starlet and a Volvo 343 were involved in a crash on the A361 in West Northamptonshire at 14:00 on Monday 18 June 1990. The 20-year-old female driver of the Toyota Starlet and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 343 were seriously injured and the 58-year-old male driver of the Volvo 343 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jun 1990
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Toyota Starlet and Volvo 343
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2963, longitude -1.1665, in the NN11 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199034BD00534
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Starlet

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,166 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 343

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Starlet)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 343)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 343)

    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 199034BD00534 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.