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Fatal A43 crash in North Northamptonshire on 23 February 1992 at 17:00 involving a Colt 1600

A Colt 1600 and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A43 in North Northamptonshire at 17:00 on Sunday 23 February 1992. The 72-year-old male driver of the Colt 1600 was killed and the 27-year-old female driver of the Ford Cortina was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Feb 1992
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Colt 1600 and Ford Cortina
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38067, longitude -0.7697, in the NN14 postcode district. The location was in the former Kettering district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199234TK00148
Council area
North Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
43
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
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 slight injury crash on 25 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Colt 1600

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt 1600)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

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 199234TK00148 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 1992.