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Serious A4500 crash in West Northamptonshire on 9 April 1991 at 08:50 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire at 08:50 on Tuesday 9 April 1991. The 27-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle and a 25-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Apr 1991
Tuesday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Renault 5
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24973, longitude -0.86547, in the NN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. The location was in the former Northampton district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199134BS00484
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4500
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 25 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    347 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199134BS00484 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 1991.